March 8
Reading – Joshua 5 - 8
I am a builder. I build walls; big, tall, thick ones that don’t come down easily once I have constructed them. My walls create a bailiwick where I feel save and secure and only I know the key to unlock. Why do I build these walls you ask? I build them against people I can’t handle, situations I can’t deal with. I build them to keep fear away. I build them to protect myself from pain and hurt. But in building my walls, I also keep away the things that bring hope and love and joy and pleasure. For while walls bring protection, they also bring isolation.
God doesn’t want me to have walls against the things he has provided to make my life pleasant. He also doesn’t want me to build walls against things he has sent to help me to grow into the woman he intended me to be. When I build a wall to protect myself, I won’t meet that person who might enrich my life and teach me about reaching out for new experiences. When I hide behind my wall, I won’t go out to seek new places, new knowledge. I won’t go out and share myself because I fear the rejection that may come. But you know that those who reject me may be hiding behind walls of their own.
I need to listen to God and tear down these walls. I cannot live the life that God intended when I hide, and I cannot help another out of their seclusion if I’m hiding behind my walls. So march around your walls and shout your victory and see them all crumble and fall away. I know it is scary to live without walls, but it is the only way to really live.
Dear Heavenly Father, teach me to tear down the walls I have built to protect me. Show me the damage I have done and prevent me from building new ones. Father teach me just when and where and how to find the protection I need when I need it, for I know there are times when I need to hide, but then Lord, I only need to hide in you. You are my wall, my strong tower, and all the protection I will ever need. In Jesus name, amen.
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