Knocking

Matthew 7:7-8 (NASB)
⁷  "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
⁸  "For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.  

There is an old song I used to listen to over and over again. Te title is "Knocking On The Doors Of Heaven." We knock in prayer. We knock looking for opportunities. We knock and knock until the knuckles of our soul are bloodied and bruised from knocking on the doors of Heaven. 

Many times the doors remain shut. In extreme cases one door after another remains shut for extended periods of time. People in that situation may feel trapped, blocked in, and abandoned. They may even be tempted to quit knocking. 

Could it be that God intentionally shuts many doors protecting us from pain and sorrow. Could it be that God shuts a thousand doors reserving His best door of opportunity for those that keep knocking in prayer. Don't give up. Don't quit knocking. The open door could be just around the corner. And even if it does not open then keep knocking on the next one and the next one until eventually God opens a door, His door, the right door. 

Even old door to door salesmen knew this. They might have been denied a sale at 99 doors they locked on and then found payday on the hundredth one. God desires to open doors for His children, the right doors. Each shut door is God in a loving way waiting to give us His best. We will never know how close we are to God's best door being opened unless we keep knocking.   Keep knocking. Don't give up you are closer than ever before.