K.N.O.C.K. to Open the Door to Your Success

Wednesday Inspiration #26

Matthew 7:7 says “…Knock and the door shall be opened to you.” When you get to a closed door – do you K.N.O.C.K. or do you walk away feeling defeated?

Have you run into a closed door recently?  K.N.O.C.K. and it shall be opened …

If the end result of knocking is that the door will be opened, it must have started in a closed state. Too many times we see closed doors as a bad thing, hanging our head in defeat, going into panic mode, or trying to use other people’s keys to get in. We are encouraged to simply knock. Knock means more than the initial inquiry; it means that you wait for the response. Some doors open faster than others, but they do and will open. Here are a few thoughts on how to K.N.O.C.K. successfully…

Keep your faith: The same faith it takes to knock is the same faith required to keep you standing at the door. When most are ready to walk away because it’s taking too long or because other things with immediate benefit are more easily accessible what will you do? It takes faith to stand and wait, to hold onto a vision that no one else can see but you. Keep your faith by tending to it like a gardener cultivating award winning roses.

Never give- in to doubt and fear: It is okay to have doubt and fear. The key here is to not allow those feelings to move you from your position. This happens when you try to reason with the doubt and fear, which are simply feelings (not truth). A better strategy is to acknowledge it and speak the truth to it until it gets smaller and smaller.

Out the ordinary: If you are looking for the door to be opened the ordinary way or only the way which you think it should happen, you may miss your opening. Think of all the ways a door might open: It could open from the bottom like a garage door, spin like a revolving door, slide open, or maybe there is a small opening at the bottom that you will have to shrink to fit it (maybe losing the ego and attitude will help you fit).

Choose: We have so much power in our ability to choose: choose to stand your ground, choose to be grateful, choose to forgive, choose to be genuinely happy for other people, choose to do what’s uncomfortable if it will get you to what’s next. When we don’t realize the value and power of our ability to choose, we unconsciously tie our potential to our feelings. Limitless living is fueled by choosing to act and think regardless of what and how we feel. Refuse to do things by default.

Keep your heart and mind guarded: Be careful of what you allow in and who you allow to sow into you. If you are standing at a door, waiting for it to open, you need your cheerleaders, those who have been shoulders for you to stand on, and those who will patiently wait with you passing the silent time with words of encouragement. Read, find inspiring music, watch inspiring movies, do whatever you must to keep your mind and heart prepared for what awaits you on the other side of the door.

While some closed doors are meant to lead you down another path. Others are meant to be opened. I pray that God gives us discernment to know which doors to walk away from and which ones we need to boldly stand and knock on.