The Door

 Once Scout was accustomed to our home after rescuing him from the animal shelter, he could go outside without supervision. One door is left slightly ajar so he can come and go as he pleases. But when the door is closed, it’s always for his good.

God gives us free will to “come and go” but wants us to choose wisely the life doors we enter. As a believer, when you decide to walk through doors contrary to God’s Word and no consequences follow right away, don’t assume it was unnoticed—it wasn’t. Results for wrong or poor choices will follow. When you walk according to His Word and find a closed door, it is always for your good. Asking or pleading with God to open closed doors outside of His perfect plan causes grief.

Life offers many doors, but only one has eternal value: “Then Jesus said unto them again, ‘Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep” (John 10:7). Jesus is the door to God’s sheepfold. He, the good shepherd, voluntarily laid His life down for us, and His resurrection provided the only way to the Father (John 14:6). All who enter the sheepfold will be saved and can go in and out freely. Under His watchful care, we find comfort, safety, pasture, and rest.