Isaiah 25:11-12 (Contemporary English Version) They will struggle to get out, but God will humiliate them no matter how hard they try. The walls of their fortresses will be knocked down and scattered in the dirt.
I was saved when I was 4 years old, this does not mean that I stayed close to the Lord this entire time. But God watched out for me in spite of my stubbornness. I have been members at several different church through the years but about 5 years ago we went through some financial challenges which caused us to travel and work 7 days a week. This took us away from home, family and friends and church, and ministry, after about 2 and a half years of this God allowed us to come back home. I had built walls around us spiritually even before that, walls to protect my family and myself. When we came back home a friend called to ask for help with their praise team, my husband told me he needed to be needed, so he went to help. With my walls up all I could see was the darkness I had chose to see about that church. All I could see was their faults, not their hurts. Those walls were to keep from getting hurt but they smothered our ministry. Those walls kept others from hurting us but they also kept others from helping us. They were my walls, I built them and I am the one who had to remove them.
I had to let it go and let God deal with it and with him. I have enough problems on my own. When I let go those walls I had build started to come down; I began to open up to the church and God has been working in me and through me. I am still taking apart those walls and reminding myself that God has got it in control, to let go. There are probably some walls in your life, ask God to start tearing them down and show you how to let go of things so He can take care of things. There was a story I heard a long time ago about a little boy who had caught a butterfly. In his desire to keep and protect it, he held onto it so tight he crushed its wings. Do not do what I was doing, holding on so tight to keep and protect something that I was actually killing it.
Love and God Bless,
Cindy Irwin
