Have you ever wanted to hide from God? Many of us have been there and in this video Donna explains how she learned to leave that door unlocked.

~Transcript~

Growing up many years ago we never worried
about locking our doors, especially living in the
country and rural areas.
But with today’s world, things have changed.
We now have locks on our doors with deadbolts and security codes.

But what does ABBA’s word say about
some of the other doors in our lives?
Revelation 3:20 says
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock.
If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I
will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.”
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Wow! Did you catch that?
He’s standing at the door knocking.
He’s a guest, a neighbor, a friend, and he’s our Father.
He’s knocking to come in and visit with us.
To share a meal with us.
He wants to own a piece of real estate in our heart.

It says in Matthew 7:8
“For everyone who asks receives,
and the one who seeks finds,
and to the one who knocks it will be opened.”

I’m ashamed to say, but there have been many
times in my life that I have run to that door He is
Knocking at to slam and lock it.
I locked the door to my heart.
I just wanted to be left alone and
to crawl into a ball and hide from the world.

Why do we let ourselves fall to these depths
before we go to Abba?
Are we afraid to approach him because of our mistakes?
Out of shame? Out of fear?
Out of anger? Afraid he won’t understand?
I promise he knows and has felt it all.

I can’t imagine the hurt that I have caused
my Father by locking the door.
I can imagine the grief and pain on His face as I turned Him away.
Oh the disappointment he must have felt.
He just wanted to come in and have a place to stay.
He wanted to talk to me, to care for me, to bless me, to love me.
There’s no other gift that’s free for eternity.

It’s those times when I find myself with my
face in my hands as the tears pour,
It’s then I feel a gentle tug on my shoulder
and a whisper in my ear, “Get up daughter, I’m here now.”

I’ve learned valuable lessons from those times.
It’s made my faith even stronger through
the struggles and trials.
I’m still a work in progress and at times a mess,
but I want to honor my Father and to obey him and his word.
So I’ve set my heart to respond differently
Whenever I hear Him knocking at the door to my heart
“Come on in Abba, the door’s unlocked.”
And I’ll keep the door unlocked from now on.

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