KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR

I start by restating what King Solomon said in the Bible that “Man born of a woman, is born into many troubles”. As hard as it may sound, it is true. Life will indeed test you in every possible way by giving you troubles of all sorts. Trouble can be defined by the Oxford Advance Learner’s Dictionary as a problem, worry, difficulty, etc. man’s trouble comes in several forms, which may include; difficulty in child bearing, difficulty in obtaining a particular child sex, difficulty in child raising, difficulty in securing a regular job, difficulty in putting food on the table, difficulty in settling your bills, difficulty in overcoming past mistakes, false accusation, difficulty in overcoming the pains of former friends who turned your enemies, etc. in the quest to seek for solutions to these troubles, man has ventured into several endeavors just to secure freedom. Some of these endeavors have helped in a way or two, but its solution is only temporal. For a man or woman to effectively deal with these troubles of life, knocking on heaven’s door through prayer is the best way to go.

Prayer can simply be defined as communing with God. It is the only avenue mortals communicate to the supernatural. You cannot knock on the doors of heaven for answers or solutions to your troubles without it. Prayer gives you the access to bring your petition before God and reason it out with Him. For prayer to be effective, it must be consistent and persistent mixed with faith.

Consistency in Prayer: This means always communicating your troubles (pains) by knocking on heavens doors through the act of prayer. For the supernatural to intervene on your behalf, the place of being consistent in your communication with God is necessary. It is only in the place of your consistency in prayers that heaven’s door opens up for you and settles all your troubles either through divine intervention or divine direction on what to do to overcome your trouble(s).

Persistence in Prayer: It is one thing to be consistent in knocking on the door of heaven, but persistency is crucial to having unlimited access to solution at all times. In a more practical approach, sometimes you can be consistent in knocking on heaven’s door, but the supernatural would remain mute for a while only to ascertain your level of persistence, which is called “Persistence test”. Being persistent despite delay in divine intervention proves that you are determined to achieve what you seek, which gives you pass mark on your persistence test scale and qualifies you for unlimited access to the solutions of all your troubles. The attitude of being persistent in knocking on heavens’ door for divine intervention can do more for you in a day than, what complaining can do for you in a life time.

Finally, sharing your troubles with friends and loves ones in the bid to secure solution is a good way to relief yourself of the stress, but the perfect way to secure lasting solutions to your troubles is by consistently and persistently knocking on heaven’s door with faith through prayers because, only God almighty knows you and your destiny better. Make it a date to commune with Him always.