An open door is an invitation for anyone or anything to walk into our household. Flying insects, stray dogs, or even the occasional traveling salesman. If our door is open, they will find us in our homes.
What do we want coming through our open door?
#1. We must invite household unity through our open door.
In 1 Samuel 27:3 David was on the run from Saul. Yet the scriptures tell us he did not run alone. While David resided for a time at Gath, not only did his faithful men have their families and retainers with them, David had both of his wives at his side.
Even when life comes at us with all barrels firing, God expects us to keep our families together. If we allow our families to become fractured, the rest of everything we have and do is wasted.
#2. We must bar arrogance and dissention from our open door.
In 2 Samuel 6:20 David had been preparing a permanent home for the Ark of the Covenant. He returned, dancing with joy and praise, with plans to include his household in his exultation, only to be mocked by his first wife, Michel, the daughter of Saul.
For her insolence Michel was cursed with a barren womb until the end of her days.
When we allow dissention to infiltrate our households, bad feelings will build up, and we will not have unity. Without unity, our families will collapse, and our efforts will be wasted.
#3. We must invite a good work ethic through our open door.
Proverbs 31:27 speaks to us from the writings of Solomon. A good wife is one who watches over all the doings of her household. She does not allow her hands to become idle, for that leads to disaster.
When the members of a household keep busy in well-doing, there is no room for arrogance and bitterness to creep in. Michel considered herself above the rejoicing God expected of David, and it brought her to a bad end.
#4. We must invite God through our open door.
Ephesians 2:19 gives us a new slant on where we stand with God, for when we step through God’s open door, we become not strangers to him, but part of his household.
We become a family bound together by our faith in God. Whatever comes at us, if our Christian family is one in purpose and love, the Body of Christ will be strong in the face of all adversaries.
#5. We must invite compassion through our open door.
Galatians 6:10 reveals how to keep our relationship with our Christian family strong. As the opportunity arises, we are to do good to others, especially to those who are members of the household of Faith.
When we let Jesus come through our open door, he will give us a new family, one bound into a right relationship by his love and understanding, and they will be our support and comfort in everything we do.
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Rewind Wednesday: Originally Published August 28, 2013 in Discipleship