doors

We live in a constant state of doors opening and closing.  Have you ever noticed that? When something ends, it’s the start of a new beginning.  But sometimes there’s the middle ground.  The time between.  And at times, you can sense God has closed a door in your heart, yet it’s not tangibly closed.  And then there are times where you know He has promised the next open door, you just don’t have the key quite yet.  I’m living there currently.  Honestly, sometimes I even think I’m sitting here jingling a ton of keys and going, “Okay, God…which one do you want me to use here?”

What He’s telling me in the middle ground is the only thing that makes a difference in how this period goes is where my trust lies.  Does it lie in skewed thoughts of my own ability to choose the right key or realizing my inadequacy and need for His wisdom.

He tells us in His word that we can trust Him.  He tells us that He is always faithful.  He tells us that He has all our days laid out for us.  What He doesn’t tell us is the intricate details ahead of time.  The more and more I learn to depend on God’s timing and His direction, the more I become okay with that and even thankful for that.

He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. -Colossians 1:18

In my time with God this morning, I felt Him reminding me that not only should I trust Him to open the doors as He leads, but also, that I’m called to trust how He handles and brings peace to the situations within the doors He’s closing.  He is in and among it all. He holds it all together.  When He calls us out, He promises to work it all out for our good and the good of the others involved.   He opens the door and he closes the other one with the amount of care and provision that only He can.

He’s not just in what we move toward, but also in what we leave behind.