Preamble
I wrote this immediately after not getting an attachment place with Unilever. I was not bitter but i was moved in spirit to write and declare this. Two weeks later, this becomes my testimony. i have a horrid 5 minute interview, i stumble through the questions and actually come to a place of saying i dont know. I told everybody who asked that the only way I could get the job at Schweppes Zimbabwe limited was by the grace of God. I liked the organisation, it was one of my two preferred choices; the other was Olivine Industries. 10 days later, I am called to the job. Praise be to God who answers our prayer who cares and who today is still doing a mighty work.
Open and Closed Doors
For the open door, I will praise the name of the Lord
For the door He closes, I will praise Him just as much
He who holds the key of David;
Who opens and no one can shut, who closes and no one can open
He who is the first and the last
I will praise Him just as much for the open door and for the door He shuts
He opens doors that are good;
He shuts those that are no good
And if He trust Him, He will even close the good door so as to open the door to a perfect door
To a door that will represent the perfection of everything you have asked for
The battle does not belong to the strong,
Nor does the race belong to the swift
But time and chance happen to all
It does not mean the warrior will not practice nor does it mean the racer will not train
But a horse is vain hope for victory
The horse is made ready for the day of battle
But victory is of the Lord
I am highly favoured and greatly loved
By right if this is all I work with, both the good and the perfect door will open, and even the acceptable
I may be accepted for every job interview I go
And be loved by everyone I meet
But when I trust Him as the one who holds the key of David
Then He will cause that I do not find favour for the job that I think is good or acceptable
He will do this because of a desire He knows I have
I may give all the right answers
I may look right
And nothing may be found wrong with all I do
But where God closes, no one will open
And when He opens the door, no one will shut
For then, even if my attire may not be right
And if my answers are all the wrong ones
I will find favour in the eyes of my interviewer
They will just want me and give me the job
They will know it’s me even before I walk in
For the favour of the Lord will be like a cloud around me
It will be His atmosphere that will give me the answer to my prayer
And no effort of mine
I will not be slack
I will do what I know is logical to do
But in no flesh will my hope be found
But in The Lord, The Captain of Heaven’s armies
The LORD GOD ALMIGHTY My Father
My God who will shut door that are no good, acceptable or good for me
But He will open only that which is perfect
That which will be answer to my closet prayer that will make me know that He is faithful and true
That which will let me even more aware that the ear of the Lord is not deaf that it should not hear, nor is His arm short that it cannot save
He is my good God. He is my sweet Jesus, The Flame of Fire
He is He who holds the key of David
The tent peg in a secure place that holds all together
The cornerstone chosen and precious, that He who trusts in Him should not be put to shame
The good Shepherd
Who leads me to green pastures
And maketh me lie by the still waters
Who satisfies my desires with good things such that my youth is renewed like the eagle’s
Who forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases
Who prepares a table for me in the midst of my enemies
And he who makes my house secure
Surely I will forever trust in Him
He who shuts and no one can open
Who opens and no one can shut
Amen
In Closing
If you read this and maybe you are stuck in life, you have graduated but you have not got the Industrial traineeship, you haven’t received a call yet and you are wondering where your life is headed. Maybe it is attachment that you are still waiting for, or maybe you seek a scholarship. Maybe even you realise that you are stuck in the wrong job, in the place that is not right and you realise you have been called for something else, that your passion lies elsewhere. Whatever it is, where it seems that a door before you somewhere is closed and you realise you cannot open it let me now pray for you.
I pray right now that God moves on your behalf; that He opens the door to that prayer of yours, that crazy dream you really feel a bit embarrassed to have because it is impossible some say, or there is just no way. I pray that my Father will show you His heart in the coming days and provide for your need, even in this time where in the natural, things do not look good.
Amen
My Father is not broke, He loves you and He will supply. He will move on your behalf and I guarantee you my brother, or my sister- you are alive to look upon His goodness and He will not disappoint you. Precious people, we are loved.