Walls

The Walls of LIFE can seem mighty impossible to cross. Psalm 37:34 - Wait for the Lord and keep His ways. He will exalt you to inherit the land.

Most likely you have tried to climb "your wall" numerous times and in numerous ways. [ Counselors, Therapists, Doctors, Medication, Church and Prayer ] 1 Peter 5:10 - And the God of all grace, who called YOU to his eternal glory in Christ, after YOU have suffered a little while, will himself restore YOU and make YOU strong, firm and steadfast.

Most likely you have tried to dig under it thinking there MUST be a way out! Psalm 37:34 - Wait for the Lord and keep His ways.Isaiah 41:18 - I will make rivers flow on barren heights and springs within the valley. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the parched ground into springs. He will exalt yo

Perhaps like me you have considered, calculated, planned and even attempted to BLAST your way out even if it meant a trip to Eternity rather than stay on Earth. Psalm 19:14 - May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. STILL YOU FIND YOURSELF ALIVE Psalm 84:11 - For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good (thing) will be withhold from them that walk uprightly. and feeling helpless and hopeless. Matthew 12:20 - A bruis

ed reed shall He not break, and smoking flax shall He not quench." I have been there, I know. Colossians 2:15 - He (God) disarmed the rulers and authorities (and) made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him (Christ).

Do you remember the Bible account of the Walls of Jericho?

It can be quite an amusing story to read! It is found in Joshua chapter 6. God had promised that the land would belong to the children of Israel. Yet the city of Jericho was a WALLED city. God gave Joshua (Israelite Leader) some pretty strange war tactics! Colossians 2:15 - He (God) disarmed the rulers and authorities (and) made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him (Christ). Joshua could have laughed at God... but he trusted God even though the directions were mighty different indeed. The army was to march around the city walls one time a day for six days.

Silently they marched around the wall the first day.

Silently they marched around the wall the second day.

Silently they marched around the wall the third day.

Silently they marched around the wall the fourth day.

Silently they marched around the wall the fifth day.

Silently they marched around the wall on the sixth day.

Can you imagine the laughter from the Jericho people as they watched this! But on the seventh day God told them to march around seven times, then the priests were to blow their ram's horns and the people were to shout. Proverbs 28:1 - The wicked flee when no one is pursui

ng, but the righteous are bold as a lion. The Bible says: "So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets; and it came to pass when the people heard the sound of the trumpet and the people shouted with a great shout that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city." (Joshua 6:20)

God's ways are not our ways. His thoughts are much high than ours. He knows what He is doing. He has the power to do anything.....but He chooses to do things as we cooperate with Him. He is God. Perhaps you have walked the first or second or third time around your wall ......thinking it will NEVER come down! You feel like you cannot take it ANYMORE! Perhaps the Lord now has you ready to hear the trumpet blow and have the walls fall down.

Do you trust God?

Tell HIM you are ready to follow HIS tactics to freedom and abundant life.

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