Keyhole Christianity?

Every day, I have so many things I want to write--
this is literally becoming my place to journal my revelations as they happen!

So anyways- I was having a conversation with one of my friends yesterday, and as we were talking I had this awesome vision, more like a picture in reality... so I'm gonna share it with you- hopefully you can follow!

First I have to start with a preface to the actual vision itself:

God has really been teaching me many, many things- especially things regarding the Holy Spirit. He has been opening doors for the Spirit to do new things in my life, and has been renewing my passion to walk in the fullness of the Spiritual giftings, and to heal the sick, cast out demons, etc. etc. (see some of my previous posts). For most of my life, I have been spiritually more mature than most people I know- but recently the Lord has been re-integrating to me that I need to stop comparing my progress with everyone else's, and run ahead- hungry for more of God. Through all of this, He has been teaching me that I have only begun to see a tiny sliver, not even an iota of the power that is available. This is where the story starts:

I was standing at the edge of heaven, and before me I could see 7 doors. At each door, there was a person: they owned the door they stood at. Beyond the doors there was all glory and majesty as heaven was in the distance. Then as I walked closer- I could see what each of the people were doing.

At the first door, there was a girl- and she was leaning against the door frame listening to music, totally oblivious of what was on the other side of the door. She didn't seem concerned that she was missing out... only that she was living life to the fullest in the NOW.

At the second door there was a man pacing back and forth in front of the door because he wasn't sure if he wanted to open it or not- he couldn't seem to make up his mind. Every time he went to open it, he would grab his hand back, and begin pacing again.

At the third, fourth, and fifth doors there were people of different ages- one was a young woman, another was a very old man, and another was middle aged. They were all bent over- almost as if the position was comfortable, and they had stayed that way a long time. All three of them were looking through the keyhole in the door- and could just see the tiniest bit of light from the other side. They were all very content, it seemed as if they were happy with just looking through the keyhole.

The sixth door there was a child. The child was actually in an open door, and beyond that- there was a brilliant light. But as I stood there and watched, the child aged and became an adult. As the child grew years older before my very eyes- the door slowly, but surely continued to close until the child was all grown-up and the door had shut. The child seemed neither upset, nor aware that the door had closed.

The seventh (and final) door was my door; Jasmine's spiritual life and in that moment I came face to face with my reality. My face was pushed up against the door, and there was a small crack opened up to heaven. The crack was small, but I was pushing it open a little more each day.

It was then I felt the Lord speak to me: "Jasmine, you've only discovered a centimeter's worth of the power in my Spirit. You have yet to see the true vastness and power I hold. Don't be like the others... you may think, at times, that you have opened it all the way, but I am showing you today that my Promise is bigger than your mind can even conceive."

Wow! It was SO convicting to realize that God isn't finished- that even though I may feel stretched now, God's power is only a centimenter in my life. This has caused me to explore scripture, and right away this is what I found:

For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. (Ephesians 3:14-21)

According to that verse- we can't even begin to understand all the things God want to bring into our lives, and do trhough us...

All of this begs the questions:

~Which door is YOUR door?
Are you open to the Spirit of God in your life, or are you content and comfortable to look through the keyhole to the Kingdom?~