FAITH CAPSULE: Every opened door is bound to engage challenges from the adversaries.

Ezra 4

God alone opens and shut doors just as He pleases, for His children. Unquestionably God is God and there is none other God but Him. The children of Israel, while in captivity, the Lord opened door for them to go back and rebuild the temple when the Lord stirred the heart of Cyrus King of Persia. The Bible records that, “…when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the descendants of the captivity were building the temple of the LORD God of Israel, they came to Zerubbabel and the heads of the fathers’ houses, and said to them, ‘Let us build with you, for we seek your God as you do; and we have sacrificed to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here.’” (Ezra 4:1-3) Let it be known that adversaries did not present themselves as adversaries; it was their intention to later on be revealed as adversaries. Those adversaries wanted to join with the children of Israel in helping to build not because they loved them, but rather to tear down their attempt to build. What happened was, the Lord opened a great door but adversaries were in place to deny the open door.
When the children of Israel denied their adversaries from joining to help them build, the adversaries turned to discouraging them. It is written, “…they troubled them in building, and hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.” (Ezra 4:4-5) The people of the land (the adversaries) had no good plan in their attempt to join with the children of Israel that were coming out of captivity. The point here is that every opened door is bound to engage challenges from the adversaries.
Paul the apostles, despite his great exploit as regard to the business of the kingdom of God testifies his experience stating, “For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.” (1 Corinthians 16:9)In every attempt of your build up for the glory of God, your adversaries will pretend and persist, but you will respond and resist just like the children of Israel. Some adversaries persist for long, but we are to resist by praying. It is written, “…and while He prayed, the heaven was opened.” (Luke 3:21) Jesus prayed and heaven opened. Any closed heaven that experiences opening through prayer is bound to prevail regardless of adversaries or not.
Are you experiencing any agent of adversaries in your building process? Pay close attention in your building process; adversaries will pretend and persist. Be encouraged in the Word of God, resist and you shall prevail.

Prayer for today: Ask God to deliver and defend you from all adversaries at your open door.