Laurie Hopkins

Paul acknowledged a great and effective door and the presence of many adversaries, all at the same time.
Often when great and effective doors open you will find adversaries; sometimes many adversaries. The absence of adversaries is not a sign of favour and opportunity.
The Lord will open great and effective doors in the midst of your adversaries.
And adversaries will come out of the woodwork when they see a great and effective door opened by the Lord as the spirit realm moves against the move of God.
Christians are not guaranteed a “smooth” journey.
Jesus told us very clearly,
“In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 
When we recognize the great and effective door, we should come to expect the many adversaries; and we must not allow that to discourage us and cause us to turn back or move on.
Rather, as Paul, we must learn to “tarry in Ephesus.”

Paul acknowledged a great and effective door and the presence of many adversaries, all at the same time.
Often when great and effective doors open you will find adversaries; sometimes many adversaries. The absence of adversaries is not a sign of favour and opportunity.
The Lord will open great and effective doors in the midst of your adversaries.
And adversaries will come out of the woodwork when they see a great and effective door opened by the Lord as the spirit realm moves against the move of God.
Christians are not guaranteed a “smooth” journey.
Jesus told us very clearly,
“In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 
When we recognize the great and effective door, we should come to expect the many adversaries; and we must not allow that to discourage us and cause us to turn back or move on.
Rather, as Paul, we must learn to “tarry in Ephesus.”

The Lord had placed His word within Jeremiah to speak to the people.
It was a word the people were not willing to receive and Jeremiah was treated poorly because of the message he brought forth.
Jeremiah, in his discouragement, decided he would not speak the word of the Lord any longer.
“But His word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones.” 
There was a pressure to the word of the Lord within him.
 “I was weary of holding it back, and I could not.” 
And the pressure of the word that needed to go forth required energy to “not release”.
Jeremiah was wearied by his decision to withhold the word of God and after a time he could no longer hold it back. 
The Lord has deposited His word within us generally but He has also deposited a specific word to release, within each one of us. 
When we choose to not release the specific word the Lord has given us to release in the world, that fire will burn within us and will weary us. 
Are you weary today? 
Is it because you are holding back a word that is to be released? 

The word the Lord has deposited will go forth regardless of your participation. 
Don’t allow your lack of participation to burn within you and weary you.