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What to Do When God Closes the Door You Were Counting On

What to Do When God Closes the Door You Were Counting On

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 The door you prayed for closed. Now what? Paul had a plan to preach in Asia, and God said no twice before redirecting him to Macedonia. This episode walks through what to do when a closed door leaves you wondering about yourself or about God.You prayed for that door, and you built your life around the assumption it was going to open. Then it closed, and you were left standing there trying to figure out what it means about you or about God.That is where Paul finds himself in Acts 16.He has a good, strategic plan. He is going to take the gospel into the Roman province of Asia. Then the Holy Spirit says no. So Paul pivots and tries Bithynia instead. The Spirit of Jesus says no to that one too. Two closed doors in a row from the God who called him into ministry in the first place. Paul and his team end up in Troas, a port city, with no clear next step. That night Paul has a vision of a man from Macedonia pleading with him to come and help. And Paul goes.That redirect led to the gospel entering Europe. It led to Lydia, the first recorded European believer, and to some of the most fruitful chapters of Paul's ministry. None of it was Plan A.In this episode, we follow the story of Elana Duffy, a soldier who had worked her entire adult life to earn a place in an elite Army intelligence unit. A traumatic brain injury ended her career almost overnight. She fought the medical retirement for as long as she could. When she finally stopped fighting the closed door and started paying attention to what was in front of her, she realized there were other veterans stuck in the same kind of limbo. She eventually co-founded Pathfinder, a platform that now helps veterans find resources and connection during their own hardest seasons. The career she fought to keep is gone. The mission she has now is reaching people she never could have reached from inside her old unit.Paul's closed doors were not a failure of his calling. They were the method God used to deliver him to the people He actually wanted him to reach. That is worth understanding before you assume a closed door is punishment.BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING, YOU'LL DISCOVER:How to tell the difference between a closed door that calls for more faith and one that calls for a change of directionWhat Paul's experience in Acts 16 teaches us about God's leading when the map stops workingPractical ways to respond when a door you were counting on slams shutSometimes God's no is not a rejection of you. It may be the way He protects you from a road that would have led somewhere worse, or redirects you toward a room full of people you would have never reached otherwise. The closed door is rarely the end of the story. It is often the start of a better one.Share This Episode:https://www.dailydevotionsforbusylives.com/224Need Prayer? Leave me a voicemail:https://www.dailydevotionsforbusylives.com/voicemailWant to keep these devotions coming? Please consider supporting this podcast.https://www.dailydevotionsforbusylives.com/support/Rate and Reviewhttps://www.dailydevotionsforbusylives.com/reviews/new/Connect with BartFacebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/dailydevotionsforbusylivesWebsite: https://www.dailydevotionsforbusylives.comFeeling spiritually drained? Start here. Download your free copy of my eBook Making Time for Jesus here.Mentioned in this episode:Join Our Private Facebook CommunityIf you're looking for a place to connect with other Daily Devotions listeners and pray for each other, I'd love for you to join our private Facebook community group. Come find us at https://www.dailydevotionsforbusylives.com/group
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