God works through us in mysterious ways. We plan to do one thing, and God opens more and more doors. We set up a Bible study and an entire family is present when we arrive. We set up a Bible study with one person and there are 13 present for the study. We go to a place with a teaching and preaching schedule set, but once we are there we receive even more invitations to preach and share.
Today I am at Baxter Institute in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. I teach the first half of my seminario class today–four hours today, four hours tomorrow. When I finish with today’s class, I will go preach in a local congregation, answering an invitation I received only yesterday.
We are sowing seed, strengthening and encouraging Christians, sharing good news. The kingdom of Jesus Christ spreads because God’s kingdom people do what they are called to do in the kingdom. The growth of the kingdom is automatic (of its own accord, Mark 4:26-29) because God’s kingdom people do what kingdom people are called to do and be.
We cannot expect kingdom growth when kingdom people do not live out the reality of the kingdom in their lives. God opens doors so that we can walk through them. He opens doors to those who have seen and acted on open doors in the past. Opportunities abound every day. The question is not whether we have opportunities. The question is whether we see them and use them to God’s glory and the advance of God’s kingdom cause.