The Philadelphians were enduring some tough persecution from the Jews and it may have felt as though there would be no way forward. It may have felt as if these hardships were iron gates barring the way before them. The opponents of the faith were doing everything they could to crush the young Christian church. Jesus assures them though that he had made the way forward; he had opened the door, and no one can shut a door that Jesus opens. Have you ever felt that your movement forward was being blocked? Most people are familiar with the experience of having frustrated ambitions. If those ambitions are misdirected, then it is best that they be frustrated. But if we are walking in God’s purpose then nothing can successfully block our way forward because nothing can frustrate God’s purpose. The door to your best life is wide open and no one can shut it. If you want to live the life that you were made for; the life in which all your potential will come to fruition and where you will realise your purpose, you can. Step up onto the pathway upon which all the gates have been unlocked. If we do encounter locked doors we should not be perturbed because the best thing that God can do for us is to shut off the pathways that lead us in the wrong direction. The path of God may look obstructed, but if we persevere and keep walking forwards with God, then the right doors will open. No human being, no principality or power on this earth, can shut the door to your God-given purpose.
Ask God to lead you forward in his plans for you.
Read Revelation 3:7-13.
