5-Day Devotional - Day Five

Divine Doors: Part Six
Pastor Becki Stieb

Day 5: Ready to Run Through Open Doors Devotional When God delivered the Israelites from Egypt, He gave specific instructions: eat with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. Why? Because they needed to be ready to move quickly when God opened the door to their freedom. God is saying the same thing to us: "Get ready to run with the things I have for you. Get ready, because I'm about to open a door for you." As believers, we've been given the keys to access everything Heaven has for us. We've explored prayer, faith, and praise—powerful keys that unlock God's promises in our lives. But there's one more essential element: our readiness to move when God moves. Too often, we pray for open doors but aren't prepared to walk through them. We ask for opportunities, but aren't positioned to seize them. We seek God's blessings, but aren't ready to steward them. God is calling us to a new level of readiness. He’s asking us to put on our spiritual running shoes, to gird up our minds with truth, to stand in our identity as children of God. He's inviting us to stop thinking defeat and start thinking victory, to stop speaking doubt and start declaring faith. Make a decision to live in a state of readiness. Align your thinking with God's Word. Speak what He says rather than what circumstances suggest. When He opens a door—run! Don't hesitate, don't second-guess, don't look back. Run with confidence into everything God has prepared for you. Bible Verse “For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but He rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.” - Exodus 20:11 Reflection Question What practical steps can you take to position yourself in readiness for the doors God is about to open in your life? Quote “God is telling us to gird up your loins and run with the things that God has for us.” Prayer Heavenly Father, thank You for the keys You've given me to access Your promises. Help me live in a state of readiness, with my mind renewed, my faith activated, and my heart expectant. I choose to stop thinking defeat and start thinking victory. When You open doors, give me courage to run through them without hesitation. I'm ready for everything You have for me. In Jesus's name, amen.