Times of Eswatini

Is an ‘open door’ from God?

- BY VUMILE MAVIMBELA

because an opportunit­y presdeonet­ssni’tsneelfc,easnsdarit­illyomokes­aanpitpies­afrlionmg,

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God. nd likewise, Œust because aitndopees­n ’dt omoer alonoykosu­a slihttoleu­ludnnc’et rwtailnk, wthirtohua­gfhrieitn.dInwae rtaelckeen­dtacboonuv­tetrhseaft­aiiotnh tahnadt cGooudrais­gheotlodwi­naglkopthe­nrofuogrhu­sa, devoeonr tifhwe eo’trheenrost­ideeš.acutltytsh­uernetohfe­w“huaets’stion coanme eopuepnǣ iHnogwthce­adnoyoruǫ tIetlhl iefnGsopdo­iksethtoe wahsetonra­nhloepnegn­etdfwoaora­bisoufrtoh­mowGtodk.nTohwe atponasdot­iopsrecens­ardnidoiǣo­fDzraTnfhre­ompkepyGoo­ristduk.nIiodtwyon­ins’tgrwehaoln­wlyt wtoams aisfrsatid­hotosewoap­lkenthdrou­ogrhs btheecmau. seutI aesvseurmy ionpgpiot ristIuanls­itoydtohna­t’tcwomanets­taolotankg­e, afrtotmacG­hoed’.sThhaned ainbdlehga­isvheis bulsessoin­mges dporionrc’ioprleospt­poohretulp­nuitsydisi­srceearlln­yiffraonmǮ­oGpoednǣ

Thaendyooh­rrtihstait­aGnos dseoepoenp­ps woritlul nneitvieer­s tfroomaGko­edm, eovreenmth­oonuegyhat­sheanopopo­erntudnoio­tyr

contradict His Word mfeleloanw­ssahiŒpoborthsae­trwviiclel kineetphet­hirecmhufr­rocmh. Hneogwleec­vtemr,eGeotidn’gs togoertdhe­terlflosru­ws onrosthtip­o

ȋHebrews told me that they b).elioemveeG­woodmopeen­nheadvae tdeivooeon­nrwtoheoar­uedgathtie­intygmwree­alranettǮi­uobnneesin“hugipainlf­loyarytsoh­ikteuemad-’,

10:25 awlsitohwa­narunnsbae­gliaeivnes­rt, wȋ hich cripture

6:14). God will not lead you toward

2 Corinthian­s

JOPPORTUNI­TIES

an opportunit­y that contradict­s what hopeecnlea­drloyosrat­yhsaitnwho­isuld orer“du. iroerpweri­sllohnefao­l rcoymouptr­omenistero. r disobedien­ce in order In 18:15-16, Jesus laid out

The door that God opens will be

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accompanie­d by confirmati­on

Matthew

listen, take one or two others along, so that every matter may be establishe­d by the testimony of two or three witnesses.dz I believe the same applies when it icnomHiess torGdo. d cAoDnVfiIr­SmEing something wa Hmheeathtw­teirlrltbh­oyeftyǮetb­wneocvoeon­rsfiterhsm­rferoeomrw­etihstntea­ebssloiesr­shd’ Gecotde,dadpveisre­sofrnomwha­opaistgor ournwdeell­d-riensopf cicrrciupm­tustraen, coerthaant coonn-tcinoumeps tro pmrei siengt itself. Through prayer, discernmen­t and seeking godly counsel, you should be faibrmleat­otitoenlls­ifatrheatr­Ǯouplyecno­dmooinrg’ afnrodmits­Gcodn.

The door God opens will require you to depend on Him

God is not going to give us something tuhsabtewl­iiellvaeli­weneanteou­losnfrgoem­r nHeiemdohr­im.aHke is a God of relationsh­ip, and a God who iȋnsists upon be)i.nTghefrire­sfotrien,iofyuoruli­fvineds yourself saying ǮI can’t do this unless God goes before me,’ or ǮI can do this,

Matthew 6:33

bwuotuoldn­lsyawy,iitnhmGoyd­p’serhseolpn alnedšpleeardiei­ngc’eI, it’s likely something God is calling you to do. saysǣ Dz nd without faith it is impossible to please him, for he who comes to God must believe that

Hebrews 11:6

dhweohoios­r’asfneredok­mthaGitmoh­d.dzeiissoanr­yeewthiama­rtdeaselrl­aoonwfǮtos­hpooeusner faTithhatt­o, baeftsetrr­eatlcl,hiesdGaond­d’ssotrbeŒnegctthive­enfeodr. uTasǣkTeoy­goruowr oinppfaoit­rhtuanidty horisotp-leiknednoe­sosr. tohrGooudg­hanHdisask­ofrodr aHnisdcgoo­ndfliyrmco­autinosne-l from others - and His peace in the decision, and you can have the assurdanoc­oer atht artanyoduo­mar, ebnu’t yŒuosut’rcehcoaors­eifnugllya walking through the ones He wants you to enter.dz

CONFIRMATI­ON

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(Courtesy pic) If you pray, good closed doors will be opened.

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