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Friday, January 29, 2010
Asking God to close all the wrong doors. I'm not stoic. (This is a random comment from something else unrelated to the content below) Closing the WRONG doors I was having lunch with Weiling last week when a revelation struck me. "You should pray that God open the right doors and close all the wrong doors." I always asked God to open the right doorways, but it has never struck me that I should pray that He CLOSE the WRONG doors! I suspect the reason I am sometimes indecisive, unfocused and even distracted from my goal is because I didn't ask God to close all the wrong doors. Because of that, I spend excessive time dwelling on decision making, deliberating whether this is God's will for me or not because I don't want to deviate from the destiny He has for me. And it is often this process that frustrates me. The Bible tells us to make SPECIFIC our prayers. It means prayers that are too general are not good enough. God may not answer your prayers simply because it's too general. If you only cite "world peace" for a beauty pageant question thrown at you, you are most probably not going to win it. Isn't that the reason why people use this "world peace" joke to make a mockery out of beauty pageants? Not that I am one of them. All due respect to beauty pageants this is just an example to illustrate my point. Haha. Anyway. As simple as it sounds, I have started applying it in my prayer. It actually works! Immediate effect: Increased confidence while walking forward, greater focus on the goal, a more carefree spirit, and taking yourself less seriously - much fewer frustrations. :) You should try it out if you encounter the same problem with indecision as me. Heh. Stop wasting time on what God can make clear to you if you just ASK. Specifically. Apparently, I have lots to catch up before I get to the level of Solomon's wisdom! Labels: revelation 2:23 PM
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