How many times have you prayed or have heard someone pray for God to “open a door of opportunity”?  In a religious context, the phrase is usually used in reference to God working in our lives through providential means.  Though the exact phrase is not found in Scripture,  the concept is certainly there.

Concerning Paul and Barnabas,  Luke wrote  “And when they arrived and gathered the church together,  they declared all that God had done with them,  and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles” Acts 14:27.

Paul wrote:

“for a …