Opportunities are amazing things. We experience opportunities in our daily lives, regardless if we recognize it or not. For instance, as soon as the alarm clock sounds in the morning, you are presented with the opportunity to rise and give thanks for the day that the Lord hath made, or you can lie there pounding the snooze button until you are late for work (yes, I’m guilty of that). Opportunities go hand-in-hand with choices – often a choice you have made lends itself to an opportunity or a choice that someone else has made provides for an opportunity.
To use an analogy, opportunities are much like a computer network. In order to connect to the network, a port must open. This port may seem to lead to only one place, for instance a server, but from there countless other ports become available. The destination is only reached when the ports align properly, i.e. when the address is available and working. However, sometimes the destination is blocked, and when this arises a choice must be made – go elsewhere or wait for the destination to become available. Neither option is wrong or right for every situation, but this block is typically not the final destination.
Life is much the same way. We make the choice of what “servers” we connect to. This determines what other options and opportunities become available from there. As Christians, we connect to God through the Christ “server”. Through this port, many opportunity avenues are available. However, on this network there is a hacker – temptation. Satan is working to hack into our lives and cause “service interruptions” with the Christ “server”. Fortunately, there is a Satan-blocker out there and it’s found in the words of the world’s best selling book, the Bible, and through prayer.
Is your Satan-blocker up to par? Are the choices you make leading to opportunities for growth or is Satan blocking your final destination? You have the choice, and the opportunity is there through the grace of God.
Josh
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