Have you ever told yourself you are going to have just one drink, just one peak, just one try, just one… but it turned into much more than one and even a habit? After the first one you tell yourself, well I’ve already started. Inertia works both ways to get you started doing something that’s good for you or for starting something that’s bad. When you take the first one, you have opened the door and when you open a door, it leads to another room, so to speak. This is why after you open the door you seem to have more capacity to do much more than one than you thought. When you peek into that room you feel compelled to explore and before you know it the new room becomes familiar.

If you know you shouldn’t, just don’t open the door.

I remember a time that I knew I should not have any raisins at the time I did but I told myself I needed just a few for energy. True it would have given me a punch of energy and they were so small, but I didn’t need it. Immediately after having some, I regretted it. Interestingly, I started to think about having more to eat and drink. My stomach started to hurt, and I found it hard to think as clearly as I was before having just a few raisins.

If you choose to open a door because you are curious, try checking out Jesus because when you explore Him, you will be pleasantly surprised at the peace and new life you will find. Start by asking Him to come into your life and guide you.

⁷ So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. ⁸ All those who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. ⁹ I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. ¹⁰ The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came so that they would have life and have it abundantly.

John 10:7-10