While at debrief in Kuala Lumpur, the U Squad ladies had the chance to have a girls’ night at the movies. Some of us saw the new Disney movie, Frozen (which I recommend; it’s very cute!). As I watched the movie, and heard the songs, I had some life lessons illuminated. This is the first part of a two-part series on what God taught me from a kids’ movie.
One of the songs in the movie was called “Love is an Open Door.” Obviously, it was a duet with two love interests, but we can still pull some lessons from this. The lyrics of the chorus go:
Love is an open door
Love is an open door
Life can be so much more with you
With you
With you
Love is an open door
Now, when I first heard this song, I immediately thought of the verse in Revelation 3:20: “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.”
I also thought of Matthew 7:7-8: “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who ask receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.”
And a third verse, John 10:9: “I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.”
Jesus describes Himself as a door a few times, and He also describes our hearts as doors. Frozen talked a lot about doors, and physical doors in the movie became a symbol for the characters’ hearts. One character closed her heart (and her bedroom door) off to everyone, choosing to live in pain and fear. And don’t we often do this? We close the doors of our hearts off to everyone around us, thinking we’ll be safe if we’re locked up.
But that’s not how God intends for us to live. He created us to have an open door in our hearts, so that He can come in, and so we can allow others in. Christ is longing for a relationship with you, and I guarantee the people around you want a relationship with you too.
Living in community on the Race has been really hard. With my history of depression and anxiety (which God healed me of at training camp-praise Him!) I struggle to let others in to my heart. I find it hard to express my thoughts and feelings, instead choosing to close the door to my heart. But this is not what God has called me to this year. He’s called me to open myself up not only to Him, but also to the brothers and sisters around me. It’s hard, but worth it. I cling not only to His Word, but also the next lyrics:
Say goodbye to the pain of the past
We don’t have to feel it anymore
No matter where you or I have come from, God desires to take away our pain and our sadness. He wants to remove our loneliness. All we need to do is open the door.
