Jim Morrison and The Doors – you probably know them as an icon of the sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll movement. What you likely don’t know is that the band’s name was taken from Aldous Huxley’s book The Doors of Perception. Huxley’s work proposed that if perception were cleansed, like cleaning a dirty window, a person could look into the other side of existence – eternity. On that philosophical foundation, an entire generation attempted to open their consciousness to find enlightenment: many times that meant taking psychedelic drugs. Today, we know those drugs are brain damaging rather than a doorway to heaven.

And there I will give her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope.

Hosea 2:15

The Bible plainly tells those seeking enlightenment they need only to knock on the door of faith with a believing heart and the Creator of all things will gladly respond; no drugs or other ploys required. Yet many still fall for gimmicks and imitations of hope…because just asking and simply believing seems too easy.

Pray for America’s leadership today. Their jobs are ever more challenging, requiring insight and wisdom. Pray they will avoid dangerous imitations and humbly seek the real God of hope, opening the door of their heart to His ways.

Recommended Reading: II Chronicles 1:8-12