There are two doors to our Master bedroom. One is a pocket door and the other a regular bedroom door. The other morning as I was sitting in the room reading our dog began to whimper and whine at the closed pocket door for access.
I had already been up and about and I had gone back to bed to read. He however still wanted my attention. He wanted to be where I was and he was getting quite upset that he couldn’t get it in.
I had a couple of choices, I could just get up and open the door and let him in or I could call out to him to go away. The yelling wouldn’t work because he is an older dog now and has lost his hearing.
All of the sudden I was in a “God” moment. That’s when things are happening around you and you get a nudge that says stop there’s something to learn here.
So I stopped and observed. You see the interesting point was not that our dog wanted in through the closed pocket door, he just wanted to be with me, where he felt the action was and where he might get some attention.
The interesting point was that the other door was wide open! But this wasn’t the door he normally came through to see me.
God tugged at my heart and said that’s what so many of His people are doing today. They’re looking for Him and trying to get to where He is, where He is suppose to be, but are trying to get in the same old way that is familiar and getting discouraged and frustrated because they can’t get to Him.
Are you looking for a fresh and deeper relationship with God but saying the same old prayers using only what’s familiar to you? Maybe reading the Bible the same way you have all of your life. The Spirit of God is constant yes but He is a Living Being Who is always moving around in our lives.
It’s good that we want to be where He is, to hear His Voice, to read His Word but we need to be open to see that He may also have some other ways for us to get to Him.
Years ago I was in a Bible Study and a woman mentioned that in her quiet time she would often just play worship music in the dark, sit and wait on God.
I thought this was interesting so I tried it, and it worked for me too. I could feel His Love pouring all over me. I was getting His attention. Or should I say He was getting mine!
There have been other times when I felt I needed to hop in the car and go for drive and commune with God. There would be no particular destination but usually it would be somewhere in the hills or to the beach, closer to the beauty of His Creation. And guess what He was there too! I’d have the worship music playing, singing of my love to Him and He was right there with me.
I would see the beauty of His creation and watch His breath on the leaves of a tree in a distance.
By my willingness to respond to His prompting and try whatever it takes to get closer to Jesus to search Him out and spend time with Him, my relationship with Him has remained fresh and new over these 33 years of walking with Him.
It’s not to say that there haven’t been deserts in my walk and times of me banging against a closed door to get close to God but it’s been through those times that I have had to learn other access points to get to Him.
How about you, do you need to experience the Presence of God in your life in a deeper way? How about adding a Sunday School class or Bible Study to your Church morning? How about trying a Home Group to get deeper in God’s Word and learn from others.
How about hopping in the car, taking a pad of paper with you and your Bible and listen for that still small Voice as He leads you around.
17 I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me. Prov 8:17
13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13
After seeing this revelation from God I got up and went out the opened door and peeked around the corner to see our pup sitting and waiting by the closed door. I tapped him on the shoulder, he jumped up and was thrilled to see me standing there, tail wagging away with a bounce in his step.
Is God tapping on your shoulder? Are you eager to be with Him?
It’s time brothers and sisters to see where He is moving in your life, press in and look to see if there are new ways He wants to reveal Himself to you.
7 "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. Matt 7:7
