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The Fall of the Wall

First read Joshua 6:2, Zechariah 4:6 and Hebrews 11:30.

What a story! What great things the Israelites had already experienced. They crossed the Jordan dry-footed and were surely full of expectation about entering the Promised Land. And now this - an impenetrable wall around the city of Jericho is before them. What a frustration that may have been…another obstacle! And what does God have to say about it? God tells Joshua, “I have given Jericho into your hand”. He doesn’t say, “I will do it”, he says, “I have already done it”, believe in me, trust me. Then, the Israelites are to go around the walls of Jericho for seven days, once a day, and on the seventh day seven times. What must have the people felt like?

I am an impatient person who wants to take action on my own, and maybe I would have tried to dig a tunnel whilst thinking to myself, "We have to do something!" But God's ways are different from our ways. Zechariah 4:6 shows us “it is not to be done by army or force, but by God's spirit the obstacle shall be overcome.”

Often there are walls in our lives that we try to overcome with our own strength, but God says, "I have already done it! Trust me, believe me!" The passage from Hebrews shows us that through trust and faith in an almighty God, the walls in Jericho fell.

Trusting Jesus and being patient are distinctly more difficult for us than becoming active and carrying out our own action.

But this story shows us again what a great and almighty God we have. He often takes a different path than we do, but always reaches his goal. 

Patience and obedience were once again required of the Israelites, and by God's hand, the wall crumbled. In this way he desires to reveal his greatness also in our lives.

In our German history we also have an event in which God has done great things. About 30 years ago the Berlin Wall fell. This was brought about by the Monday Prayers and the peaceful demonstrations of the people in the former GDR. But not only can stone walls fall, invisible walls can also fall. God wants to tear down overwhelming problems such as unemployment, illness or family hardships.

Prayer, Get Free & Next Step:

Prayer: Father, give me the serenity and trust to wait for your help at the walls of my everyday life. Let me become aware of your omnipotence and greatness.

The next time you are in front of a wall in your life, do not take action right away, but take a short moment to ask God, “What do you want?”