Action required

Nothing speacial about this post. It's been some time since my last posting. By no means is it that I have not had something to say. I've simply been lazy. It requires effort and an action to keep up with a blog...or with anything. It requires an action on our part. God has really been working in my life...on all three facets - professional, personal, and private. Much of His work has ciome with little or no action required from me. However, there is quite a bit that requires me to do something. I pray daily that God will open and close doors as He sees fit. I pray that prayer with the full understanding that when He opens a door, He expects me to go through it.
How often do we pray for something and then sit back and wait...and wait...and wait. All the time the door was wide open. He was waiting for us to go through. It's like praying day in and day out to win the lottery. Then one day we hear a voice say, "Buy a ticket." I have never had the Holy Spirit literally pick me up by my belt loop and and throw through a door that God has opened. I have to do it myself. The cool thing about going through a God opened door is that we go through with one perspective or expectation and what God had planned is completely different. Of course, we don't realize how cool it is at the time. It takes a while to see it. But when you love the Lord and you put your life in His hands and allow Him to guide your steps, hindsight rocks. Because all those situations and circumstances that you thought were bad or painful or completely wacked, many of them I'm sure were flat out awful, actually brought you to the exact place you needed to be...at the exact time...fully prepared to and equipped to receive the blessing of your life. That rocks!
So, go through the doors that God opens. Regardless of whether it makes sense or not...because most of the time it won't. And many times, what we think we want...or don't want...is not what God wants for us. His plan is perfect and He knows exactly what He is doing. And what He is doing is the best for us...regardless of how many times we throw a look of utter confusion heavenward. Keep it real.