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Doors are interesting, at least to me. Doors allow people to come in and out of a particular place. Doors provide access. Doors are a pathway to the innermost areas. People bring things in and out of these places many times. Some of these inner areas are important and others are not, but access is granted at the door. 

How are your doors? Each one of us has a door that leads to our soul. These doors allow people and thoughts to have access. Letting negative people and thoughts into this inner area changes you for the worst. When we allow this to happen, we experience things like anxiety, depression, and addiction. We can change this by first knowing where our doors are located; then guard those doors. The doors we need to guard are our eyes, ears, and mouth. 

Guarding these doors means we are willing to pay attention to what we allow through our doors. There are multiple people and things we allow through our doors that are not positive and uplifting to our souls. Pay attention to what and who you are letting through your doors. Are you allowing negative people to speak into your life? Are you seeing things that cause you to think negatively about yourself? Are you listening to people speak negatively about life?

There is an enemy out there who does not want you to come to know or live in the promises of God. I heard a sermon about this from the book of Nehemiah. Nehemiah rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem. People plotted against him and tried to distract him from building the wall. Nehemiah talks about the importance of the gates because he knew these were the access points to the city. If you look at your soul as the city and your mouth, eyes, and ears as the gateways, you must know who or what is coming through them and how to secure those doors. 

So, what people and things are you allowing into your door? If you are sick of anxiety, depression, and addiction, control what you are letting through your doors. We are in control of our doors. We determine what gets to enter and what must remain on the outside.