He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness. (Genesis 15:5-6)

The Lord has been speaking to me recently about “opportunities,” or “open doors.”  Many of my friends have also been hearing God speak in like manner.

Recently the Lord said to me that there are two ways a person can position himself toward God.  He can either “receive” from God or he can retreat and “complain” against him.  Throughout Scripture we see people of faith rise to the place of inheritance in God.  They did nothing to inherit except they believed by faith.

Kathie Walters had a vision a few nights ago and she heard that the door is now open and that people need to step into their positions to reap.  When I heard her say that I remembered an article I read on the significance of the current Jewish Calendar year.  The current year is 5774 on the calendar.  The number four is an interesting number.  It is called a dalet. In Hebrew it is depicted like a tent flap.

I know very little about Hebrew, but if you want a really good read on this you should check out something written by Melissa Flores called The Year 5774: Ayin Dalet.

Essentially God is calling us to consider His dreams for our life and not to allow our own limitations to limit what He wants to accomplish in us.  As we dream God’s dreams and step into them, the door will open for us to accomplish greater things than we ever imagined before.

All we have to do is receive from God.  All we have to do is step into the place of His grace and mercy.  He wants to do more with you than you can even imagine.  Every desire in your heart He wants to meet in His way.

Just yesterday I counselled a person who just did not trust God to take care of her dreams for her life.   She kept saying that she was too old to achieve God’s dreams for her life.  She kept retreating into her own wounds, anxieties and limitations.

I could see inside of her the complaining spirit.   She has been in a desert for a long time.  God wants to fulfill her dreams but she has chosen to not trust Him to accomplish what He says He will do and she is trying to fulfill His dreams for her in her own way.

And many of us are like that.  God has been promising and speaking over us for many years the things He wishes to accomplish but we stay on the sidelines murmuring and wondering when.  And if someone should dare step past us into the place we think is for us, we complain to God wondering “why them” and “not me?”

God wants to bring you like Abraham outside of your tent, which represents your present limitations and show you the stars in the sky, which are the endless possibilities for your life.

Why not let this be the time and the season to expand your life in Him?  Why not begin to dream God’s dreams for your life?

I pray that you will be strengthened to believe as Abraham believed despite his circumstances and became the father of promise to Isaac in his old age. Sarah gave birth to Isaac way past her child-bearing years. And through Isaac arose the mighty race of the Hebrew peoples.

Welcome to the Year of the Open Door!