Walls

1 Samuel 25:15-16(AMP) –”But David’s men were very good to us, and we were not harmed, nor did we miss anything as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields. They were a wall to us night and day, all the time we were with them keeping the sheep.”

What seems to be blocking your path? Your progress? Your development?  We all speak about things that stifle or hinder our promotion or advancement and often refer to them as walls.  We constantly ask God to open windows and doors of opportunity to give us access to what lies beyond the walls.  But for a moment let’s look at walls in a different manner. Do you see walls as barriers or as protectors?  I guess it all depends on which side of the wall you stand. 

As the children of Israel crossed the Red Sea, scripture refers to the towering water as ‘walls’ which provided protection for them and doom for the Egyptian army that pursued them.  In today’s scripture we see reference to the protective nature of walls when David’s men aided those in need by serving as a wall by day and by night. In our modern world we see the use of climbing walls to help athletes and those in training develop stamina and strength.  Walls themselves are neither good nor bad; they are inanimate objects that we can either use to our benefit or allow to stifle our advancement. Make the innovative choice to use everything that comes your way to your benefit; good, bad or indifferent.  When we come upon something that appears to halt our forward movement maybe the right move is to chance direction.  Instead of trying to go forward, change your direction…why not go up!.  Up and over!  Look at your obstacles in a different way; as a challenge to help change how you look at things and opening you up to higher heights.  When you hit the wall – look up and get over it!

Every day is a good day; it is up to us to make it a power-packed GREAT day! Be blessed! Dr. JoAnn