One of the truths in the word of God is that if God did it for one, He can do it for another. Pioneers tend to whack a path through wildernesses, blockages and bondages in order to prepare a path for others to walk on. The pioneers are not better than others, they just go first into new territory.

When the men and women who landed on the shores of what is now called America arrived here, they were not content with just the 13 colonies in the East, they wanted to push past the mighty Mississippi and see what was on the other side.

America began with rivers, followed trails, laid rails, built roads and then went to the realms. Pioneering spirits will make way for others to travel roads they did not lay. I honor those who have built pathways for us to travel.

Reading Isaiah 45 this morning triggered this thought about the pioneers, for it says, “To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut: I will go before you and will level the mountains; I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.”

What also struck me in this passage is that doors open, but behind the doors are gates. How many of us have been given an open door, only to find once in the door there is a locked gate, an iron gate, a bronze gate. People have gone through open doors thinking that was the end, not realizing behind the doors are gates they cannot get past.

I sense the Lord saying, not only are doors going to open for us in this new year, but gates will open and not shut as well. We are going to walk through open doors, progress through open gates, run by leveled mountains and then we will find the treasures God has hidden for us.

I keep hearing in my spirit TELESTAI, “It is finished!” Like the four lepers who went into the city in 2 Kings 7, we are going to walk in, to access treasure we did not earn, buy, or work for. The open doors lead to gates that won’t shut and we will find access to treasures we need to serve people and rebuild cities. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org