Controlled by the Spirit!

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After this, I looked and saw a door that opened into heaven. Then the voice that had spoken to me at first and that sounded like a trumpet said, “Come up here! I will show you what must happen next.”  Right then the Spirit took control of me, and there in heaven I saw a throne and someone sitting on it.

The one who was sitting there sparkled like precious stones of jasper and carnelian. A rainbow that looked like an emerald surrounded the throne.

Twenty-four other thrones were in a circle around that throne. And on each of these thrones there was an elder dressed in white clothes and wearing a gold crown. Flashes of lightning and roars of thunder came out from the throne in the center of the circle. Seven torches, which are the seven spirits of God, were burning in front of the throne.

Revelation 4:1-5

John saw the open door in Heaven and he heard the voice telling him to "come up here." Right then the Spirit took control of John and he could see what was going on in Heaven.

When you see an "open door" of opportunity for the Lord it is time to listen for His voice. Seeing an opportunity does not mean that the Lord wants you to seize it. When you see an open door it is time to listen for the voice of God. "Lord is this the way you are leading me? Is this the path you want me to walk?"

You will find that answer when you let the Spirit take control of your life and you walk the way that He leads.

You see the open door, hear the voice of God calling you to that way and finally you are led by the Holy Spirit to walk in it! So many see an open door and begin to run in that way without ever listening for the voice of God. And even after hearing God's voice some begin to move in that calling without letting the Holy Spirit take control of their lives.

Like John when you let the Spirit take control of your life you can see what is going on in Heaven. The descriptions in the Bible of Heaven will become alive with the excitement and urgency of what will happen when Jesus returns. Let go of everything else that controls your life and let the Holy Spirit take full command. You will see the Glory of God and hear the sounds of Heaven's throne room and walk in a path that leads you closer to Jesus every day! Amen.