Open Doors

Deut. 28:¹² “The Lord will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow”

Everything you are not grateful for will eventually exit your life. You are there waiting on God to do xyz for you to be happy. An anonymous quote reads, “It’s not happy people who are thankful. It’s thankful people who are happy”. Stop waiting for that promotion, the open doors, a child or marriage to happen before you show gratitude to God. God is saying be grateful then you will be happy. We often let “what could be” rob us of the joy of what will be or already is.

Gratitude is so powerful; it opens the doors to abundance. I have known this fact for a long time and now I can prove it with Scripture. You will have abundance, in Jesus Name. There is nothing like having an ungrateful child, or an ungrateful sibling, or an ungrateful spouse, or even having an ungrateful person in your life. But you have to ensure that you are not the ungrateful person in God’s life.

How is gratitude the door opener to abundance? Ps.100:⁴ “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name” [emphasis added]. Ps.16:11 “You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore”. How do I get into the Presence of God? Gratitude; you enter into His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise. And in His Presence there is fullness of joy and at His right hand there are pleasures forever.

What does the Bible mean by pleasures? Pleasures mean health, wealth, marriage, peace, money, a car, a house, etc. Everything that will give you pleasure is at His right hand. But you cannot access it if you are not grateful. When you testify, you are showing that you are grateful. I hope you are not one of those people owing God testimonies. When you show your gratitude by testifying, you will experience the open doors that gratitude brings.

Thought: Devote time today to thinking back and thanking God.

Prayer: Father, please empower me to enter Your Presence daily filled with gratitude. Please give me the grace to propel forward, in Jesus Name. Amen!