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Friday, May 18

Opportunities

Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened to me by the Lord.
2 Corinthians 2:12

Recommended Reading Acts 16:6-10

In ancient harbors, ships often had to wait for the incoming tide to raise the water level sufficiently to allow them to sail in. The Latin phrase ob portu (against the port) described a waiting ship's position just outside the harbor. The English word opportunity derives from the phrase ob portu to describe when one prepares and waits for just the right moment to act.

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Those who seem to have the most opportunities in life make opportunities instead of waiting for them to happen. The apostle Paul was the kind of person who looked for every opportunity to preach the Gospel. If a door closed and the opportunity vanished, he assumed it was God who closed the door and that another would open. On one occasion in Asia Minor, two doors closed in succession followed by a third that opened. Instead of bemoaning the two missed opportunities, Paul took the third, "concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them" (Acts 16:10).

There is no such thing as luck or coincidence in the Christian life. If God is in control of everything, then what appears to be luck or coincidence is really an opportunity provided by God.

An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity.
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Read-Thru-the-Bible
Nehemiah 11:1-12:47