"Bring on the wall!"
Isaiah 54:17 (NIV)
No weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me,"
declares the LORD.
A life lived on purpose will always attract differing walls of opposition, especially when the purpose being lived is all about what God is wanting to do. The walls always come to stop or crush what God is doing through you, but let us remind ourselves concerning the destiny God says these walls or momentary challenges have: "they will not prosper or prevail!" But our faith shall prevail, this is our heritage as servants of the Lord.
The Bible is full of people who came up against walls of opposition on their pilgrimages of faith, but each one chose to see them as walls of opportunity. That choice is ours as we face the walls that may be standing in our way – will we see them as opposition sent to crush or stop us, or as walls of opportunity sent to redefine us into a greater measure of success and reputation?
Nehemiah had to deal with the very physical walls of Jerusalem. No one else would take responsibility for them but he did, and in taking on those broken down walls with a heart for their restoration he redefined himself in the sight of the people as more than a cupbearer to the king. He was now a national leader, even in the sight of his enemies. Will you take on a wall (kingdom task) for God that others are ignoring and moaning about the condition it is in?
Think also about Joshua and the walls of Jericho; they too were very real walls that stood before him and what God had for Israel next. He did not reverse in fear but went forwards in faith. The walls that were there to stop him actually crumbled before him and defined him as a man of faith, a man who could trust God in seemingly impossible situations.
It's all about perspective – how you choose to look at the walls that are in your life today. Yes, they could be walls of opposition, but at the very same time they could be walls of opportunity that, when you find your way over or through them, will leave you redefined in the sight of man. It's how you look at it really – I am choosing to look at them as challenges that contain the potential to make me more than I am now, so "bring on the wall!"
If God is for me (and He is) who can be against me!
Andy
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