The door you keep walking past
Hello friend.
Let me ask you something before you get going today.
Think about the last 24 hours - not the big moments, just the ordinary ones. The colleague who said “fine” when you asked how they were. The neighbour you nodded to at the gate. The friend whose message you still haven’t replied to.
How many of those moments quietly slipped by?
In today’s devotional I talk about four everyday doors - neighbour, colleague, family, and friend - and why most of us walk straight past them without realising they were ever open. Paul writes in Colossians 4 that we should make the most of every opportunity, and let our conversations be “gracious and attractive.” Not preachy. Not perfect. Just real.
The old hymn says it simply: Brighten the corner where you are. It sounds almost too straightforward to be useful. But the truth in it is genuinely timeless.
You don’t have to go anywhere new. You don’t have to wait for the right moment or find the right words. You just have to notice the people who are already in front of you - and take one small step towards them.
That’s it. One step. Today.
I’d love for you to watch the full five minutes when you get a chance - there’s a closing question I ask that might just stay with you all day.
👉 Watch Day 6 here:
And if someone came to mind as you read this - a specific person, a specific door - I hope you’ll take that seriously. It might matter more than you know.
With you in it.
Rob
Read this week’s devotionals here - https://open.substack.com/pub/battledrilldevotional/p/you-already-have-the-key-seven-days?r=643q6o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true