God's open door - will you step in?

1 Corinthians 16:9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.

Life presents us with lots of doors and possibilities - life choices. Do we see the hand of God, opening doors? Maybe closing doors?

Do we see the door? Or do we miss it? Miss God's will?

The door of salvation is the one and only door that all must enter by, to be saved. John 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

Paul writes about this theme of a door, as representing a faith step, a step into ministry. It's God's providence. God's provision. The door represents the opportunity to do God's will, and to advance his cause.

Has God set before you a door? An open door? Will you follow God's leading? How do you know what that is?

Paul faced the opportunity to take the Gospel to Ephesus, this idolatrous city. God shows us places that we can serve. This door was great. It was significant. Sometimes we face a great door. It can seem daunting. Humanly, we can feel inadequate. We have need of courage, as we take the leap of faith.

Sometimes the great door can be doing something small. Something little for God. Because that's the right thing to do. To be faithful in the little. Sometimes God will by pass the proud and the big shots, and He will use the little for His glory.

Interesting that God chose Saul and renamed him Paul, which means little. God is with the small ministry, the faithful labourer. That can be the great door. It can be that the faithful labouring in a small ministry can be a big thing for God. A great work. We have before us a great door.

When God opens a door, it's effectual.