Seeking
I have always found the scripture that talks about knocking and it shall be opened to you, seek and ye shall find, kind of interesting. When we read this scripture, it is like OK, I will go and ask the Lord to tell me something, my understanding will be opened and I will have it right now. Why do we think that way? Because when we knock on a door, we expect someone to open it from the other side.
What if no one is home? What if the person on the other side did not hear you knock? What if they just unlock the door and then expect us to open it? Maybe when we knock, a door is open, but it not the door we are knocking on? There are lots of ways to think about it.
When I was driving home the other day, I turned off the radio and started thinking about all the thinks I needed to do and of all the things I wanted to do. I made a mental check list. However, when I walked in the door, something happened or someone asked me something that required my immediate attention and that mental list disappeared. I knew that in the back of my head there was something that I needed to do, but for the life of me I could not remember what it was. It drove me crazy. I started rehearsing everything I had done that day. I went over it and over it again and again, but I could not find it. It was insanity. I lost focus of everything else. I couldn't think or do anything. Suddenly, I lost sight of what I was around me.
Mom finally sat down with me and convinced me that it must not have been that important. I stopped focusing so hard and turned my attention to things in the present and ahead of me. It wasn't long before that mental list came back to me.
I learned that because I had narrowed my search to just one thing that I wanted so badly, I had lost sight of other important things, my vision was blinded and I was not finding anything or seeing anything. I was blind. However, when I removed the blinders and started looking else where and at other things, the answers came to me. The Lord works that way. He does not always open the door we are knocking on or flip the switch so we can see what we are seeking. He guides us and directs us to the doors that are open and the rooms where the light are on. But he can only do this when we are willing to be led. If we won't let him, the blinders will remain in place and we will not advance through any doors. Think about it. Are you focusing too hard on one thing in life so that you don't see the beauty and blessings around you? Are you refusing to go through any door execept the one in front of you?
What if no one is home? What if the person on the other side did not hear you knock? What if they just unlock the door and then expect us to open it? Maybe when we knock, a door is open, but it not the door we are knocking on? There are lots of ways to think about it.
When I was driving home the other day, I turned off the radio and started thinking about all the thinks I needed to do and of all the things I wanted to do. I made a mental check list. However, when I walked in the door, something happened or someone asked me something that required my immediate attention and that mental list disappeared. I knew that in the back of my head there was something that I needed to do, but for the life of me I could not remember what it was. It drove me crazy. I started rehearsing everything I had done that day. I went over it and over it again and again, but I could not find it. It was insanity. I lost focus of everything else. I couldn't think or do anything. Suddenly, I lost sight of what I was around me.
Mom finally sat down with me and convinced me that it must not have been that important. I stopped focusing so hard and turned my attention to things in the present and ahead of me. It wasn't long before that mental list came back to me.
I learned that because I had narrowed my search to just one thing that I wanted so badly, I had lost sight of other important things, my vision was blinded and I was not finding anything or seeing anything. I was blind. However, when I removed the blinders and started looking else where and at other things, the answers came to me. The Lord works that way. He does not always open the door we are knocking on or flip the switch so we can see what we are seeking. He guides us and directs us to the doors that are open and the rooms where the light are on. But he can only do this when we are willing to be led. If we won't let him, the blinders will remain in place and we will not advance through any doors. Think about it. Are you focusing too hard on one thing in life so that you don't see the beauty and blessings around you? Are you refusing to go through any door execept the one in front of you?
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