Revelation 4:1 – “After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.”
We have been in a world-wide storm with Covid-19. What has been going on? This has been a battle waged by the enemy. John 10:10 says, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” The Bible reveals the enemy as an adversary and the destroyer. He is called a liar, and a murderer. He seeks your demise and destruction. We are engaged in a war over three things:
1. Worship – one of the very first conflicts was a war over worship/sacrifice.
2. Wealth – the enemy wants to keep you from your provision and keep the church in a poverty structure.
3. Power Structures – who is going to rule?
God is opening new doors. 1 Corinthians 16:9 says, “For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.” We must stand in faith as we move through these new doors He is opening. Pentecost is about changing times and changing seasons. Isaiah 43:19 from The Passion Translation says, “I am doing something brand new, something unheard of. Even now it sprouts and grows and matures. Don’t you perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and open up flowing streams in the desert.”
There are three doors that are being opened. First, a door of hope. Romans 15:13 says, “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” He is releasing hope in the midst of hopelessness. James 1:17 says, “Every good and perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.” God is not limited by our circumstances. Hebrews 10:23 instructs, “let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.” God is faithful and He is opening a door of hope.
Second, God is opening doors of harvest. There is a harvest to reap. Galatians 6:7-9 says, ““Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.” We are entering into due season. This is our appointed time to reap. In Genesis 26:12 Isaac sowed in a time of famine and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The Lord is opening doors of harvest.
Third, He is opening a door of power. In Acts 1:8 Jesus made this powerful promise, “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” The Holy Spirit empowers us for the work of the kingdom. God releases power in our lives to make us effective witnesses to a lost and dying world.
God is opening a door of hope, a door of harvest, and a door of power. We must move through these open doors prayerfully.
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