Opportunity Knocks

Opportunity in America takes on many different forms. Sometimes we recognize it, sometimes we don't. Sometimes we don't even know that opportunity is knocking!

But what does the Word tell us about opportunity? And what does the Word tell us about knocking?  Let's look at knocking first: ask and you shall receive; seek and you shall find; knock and it will be opened to you. The Greek actually translates "keep on asking, keep on seeking, keep on knocking" and so we have to realize that knocking just once may not do it. Now don't confuse knocking with begging or pleading. Loud banging and continual knocking does not change God's heart; knocking to seek God's wisdom changes our hearts and helps us realize that we have nothing and we are nothing without Him. It reminds us that the "keep on knocking" exercise continually brings us into the Presence of God which is where we should be. Scriptures tell us over and over that God hears and answers our prayers. So why do we have to keep on knocking if we've already been granted the petitions we've sought? We keep on knocking to find the wisdom we need to recognize the opportunities surrounding our prayers, to walk out the answers to our prayers, and to continually remain in an attitude of thankfulness.. It is God Himself Who is opened to us.

Opportunity is when God puts something in front of us that's good for us. Opportunity sometimes comes clothed in sheep's clothing (from the enemy or lust or the flesh or the world) and what may seem like an opportunity isn't. Sometimes God will simply say "No" to some opportunities - sometimes we think we want a piece of bread but God knows it's a stone; sometimes we want what we think is a fish but that God knows is a scorpion that will poison us. But opportunities do come and we have to be able to identify them. Again going before the Father in prayer will keep you in a position to be able to identify an opportunity from a temptation.

Pray on, people!