To many doors!!

Those who live in the Shelter of the Most High,

Will find rest in the shadow of the Most High. 

Psalm 91:1

This verse came up today in my "Calling Jesus" devotional.  I thought it was very relevant for what Adam (my husband) and I have been walking through. 

How many times have you asked God to just open some doors in your life.  Well I must say, be carful for what you ask for!  Let me back up just a little for you. 

For the past almost 3 years Adam has been working two jobs to support our family.  This allows me to stay at home with our 3 childern and have a small part time job from home.  Over the past few months I have been praying and asking God for some guidance when it comes to Adam's part time job (which honestly has slowly become a full time job) as far as physical stress and his mental mind set.  I think like many wives out there, I often feel bad that I stay at home while he goes out and works his tale off to provide for us.  I often tell him how bad I feel and his response always is "this is what I am suppose to do and I do not mind".  So I started really praying and seeking God for guidance for his jobs.  Just overall asking God for His guidance for Adam and strength for Adam.  He works so hard for us!  Now back to the present. 

So unbeknown to me, Adam has pretty much been praying the same thing (this could be double trouble).  Well lets just say there is truly power in pray.  God has just been showing Adam and I door after door (3 to be exact).   So you would think this to be a good thing, right?  Well just because doors appear doesn't always make life any easier.  Honestly over the last week or so it has honestly made our live a little bit harder.

Sometimes when given a door you automatically think "oh I need to open it and walk through it because that is what I have been praying for"...am I right!  So over the last two weeks, Adam and I have seen these 3 doors and of course since we have been praying for this it means one of them is our answer!  Truly this was our mind set.  We both thought, truly we have been praying and now God has given us these doors!  But over the two weeks these doors have appeared our lives have begun to carry a stress that neither one of us could understand.  Doors are suppose to be good things!!  Why the stress!

Bottom line is, just because a door appears does not mean we are to open and walk through it.  For us, these doors have truly been (we feel) God showing us He is there, He is listening, He is in control, He will provide, He will lead the way and He has a plan.  Over the last two weeks Adam and I thought for sure one of these doors was it, we lost all our focus and really began to question God (which is where the stress came from).  We started making the doors work for us, started questioning God because there was no clear answer.  Then one morning I texted Adam Psalm 91:1 and his response truly showed me that God has great plans for my husband.  He said "Doors closed I think, I am now focusing on His plan instead of trying to figure it out myself"!

Doors = Faith

We just have to be willing to understand that it is God's plan not ours.  His ways are better than ours!