To trust that what feels like rejection might actually be protection. That what closes is not taking something from you, but keeping you aligned with something better.

And the deeper part of that prayer is this: trusting God enough not to go back.

God,

I’m asking you to close every door that isn’t meant for me. Every opportunity that looks good but isn’t good for me. Every relationship that feels right but isn’t right. Every path that seems promising but leads me away from your will. If it’s not from you, I don’t want it — no matter how appealing it looks.

Close the doors I keep trying to force open. Close the doors I’m holding onto out of fear or desperation. Close the doors that would delay my purpose, drain my peace, or distract me from what you’re actually calling me to. And God, close them in a way I can’t reopen. Lock them so I stop going back to what you’ve already removed.

I know closed doors can hurt. They can feel like rejection, like loss, like failure. But help me trust that every door you close is protecting me from something I can’t see yet. That your no is just as loving as your yes. That what feels like an ending is actually clearing the way for a better beginning.

So close the wrong doors, God. And give me the faith to walk away from them without looking back.

Amen.