The Open Door

 

The open door represents opportunity

An opportunity of a lifetime,

It’s an opportunity one should grasp,

There is so much on the line.

Life is replete with open doors

And those who grasp them will progress

But failure comes to those who miss

And they are denied much success.

Education is an open door

Therein lie great opportunities

But the one who refuses to enter therein

Will not benefit from its facilities.

Another opportunity is community

The opportunity to live with others

But should such an opportunity be refused

Then life can become a great bother.

A third I will mention is friendship;

A great opportunity is making friends,

Albeit we must be sensible in this regard

Or we can come to a dismal end.

These are but three of the open doors

That are available to a man

And it is to people’s mutual benefit

When they incorporate these in their plan.

But there is an open door of opportunity

That has eternal dimensions

And daily we are seeing the fallout

By those who respond with dissension.

It’s an opportunity far more important

Than the three already mentioned,

It is key to this life but also the next

And everyone should pay attention.

For what profit is it to a man the Bible says

To exchange his soul for the world?

For his soul is of ultimate importance

And this is clearly stated in God’s word.

Turn to Matthew 16 and verse 26

There a rhetorical question is asked

Which suggests quite clearly to you and me

That our soul’s salvation is our primary task.

And so the opportunity of all opportunities

Is about taking the Saviour on board,

The great door of opportunity I speak of

Is taking Jesus at his word.

“I am the door,” he says in his word

While speaking of the soul’s redemption,

And if a man would enter therein

He would receive his eternal salvation.

Referring to the door in another place

Jesus said he is the door of the sheep,

By now you should have grasped the opportunity:

The open door of which I speak.

Time is of the essence my friend

This open door is only during one’s lifetime,

But in safeguarding our eternal destiny

It is the only one of its kind.

I implore the reader of this poem

The neglect your soul you can ill afford,

If you understand your need right now

Please do not ignore the open door.

This open door is not only the Shepherd

But he is also the sacrificial lamb,

Slain before the foundation of the world,

Slain to redeem fallen man.

He stands at your heart’s door and he waits

For you to open your heart to him,

Walk through the door by opening your door

And let the Saviour of life come in.

Stewart Russell © March 2019