Hallway Faith
As I was getting ready for church this morning I had TBN on. Now I am normally not a Christian Television guy, but I really don't like to watch anything else before church. Well, for you who have looked over at TBN this week, you know they have been having their Praise-a-thon to raise their yearly budget. This particular morning Jentzen Franklin was preaching, a rerun from earlier this week. He began talking about being in the right place at the right time. One thing that he said really stuck with me. He said,
"We have heard it said all our lives that when God closes one door He opens another one. This is true. But it is not always the case that as one is closing the other is openning. There are times, more often than not, where you have to spend time between the doors. And it is Hell in the hallways. The times where you know that God has moved you from the place you are, but has not revealed the place you are going, those are the times when the enemy attacks the hardest and your faith must stand the strongest."
After hearing that I thought, how true! Where I am at may not be where I want to stay, and it is certainly not where I want to end, but I still know I am where God wants me. There have been times though, like before I came to Marianna, or right after college, when I was locked in the hallway, and it was Hell. Don't get me wrong, waiting time is not wasted time. There are a lot of things you learn in the hallway. One thing is you had better learn how to pray. And you had better learn to keep your guard up. The encouragement come though with the knowledge that any second that door could open. And if I am lacking in prayer and faith when it happens, will I have the strength to get up and walk throug, or even have the whits about me to know the door has openned at all?
Lord give me strength for each new day, and each new challenge that is set before me.
"We have heard it said all our lives that when God closes one door He opens another one. This is true. But it is not always the case that as one is closing the other is openning. There are times, more often than not, where you have to spend time between the doors. And it is Hell in the hallways. The times where you know that God has moved you from the place you are, but has not revealed the place you are going, those are the times when the enemy attacks the hardest and your faith must stand the strongest."
After hearing that I thought, how true! Where I am at may not be where I want to stay, and it is certainly not where I want to end, but I still know I am where God wants me. There have been times though, like before I came to Marianna, or right after college, when I was locked in the hallway, and it was Hell. Don't get me wrong, waiting time is not wasted time. There are a lot of things you learn in the hallway. One thing is you had better learn how to pray. And you had better learn to keep your guard up. The encouragement come though with the knowledge that any second that door could open. And if I am lacking in prayer and faith when it happens, will I have the strength to get up and walk throug, or even have the whits about me to know the door has openned at all?
Lord give me strength for each new day, and each new challenge that is set before me.
posted by Beaty at 7:18 AM
2 Comments:
That reminds me a quote I read this mornin':
"Life may have no meaning. Or even worse, it may have a meaning of which I disapprove."
~ Ashleigh Brilliant
I don't agree with the first part fo this quote - Life does have meaning and purpose. But the second part is true...That purpose may night be what you wish your destiny to be in Christ. I pray that we both live the statement Paul makes in Galatians 2:20, "I am crucified with Christ..." May we submit totally and completely to His will of hallways.
Wow. Thanks a million for throwing the rock that would hit me right between the eyes and leave me stunned for a few very reflective moments.
Yeah, perfect timing for me to read that. Thanks, Beaty.
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