Don’t Be Another Brick In The Wall

After working in the addiction and recovery field for several years, I’ve noticed something very critical.  There is a place and time when the person who is in treatment begins to make progress in their recovery.  This comes when their mental and emotional being begins to heal, allowing them to start seeing the big picture of their life.  While in this process, they begin to come across obstacles, barriers, and obstructions that attempt to stop them from reaching the point of breakthrough.  Some, not all, may never push down the walls of their life.  Some, when things become too hard, quit and go back to what is easy, what they are used to, what they know.  Proverbs 26:11 KJV, “As a dog returns to his own vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.”

In life, we all come across hard times, challenges or obstacles.  It can be a bad report from the doctor, a failed marriage, job loss or financial trouble.  These are all walls that keep us from God’s best in our lives.  The word “wall” is defined as: to enclose, shut off, divide or border (limit your access to.)  So the wall comes to separate you from your goals and dreams of life.  But the good news is that God said that we can win and tear down every wall of life.  Mark 11:23 & 24, “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, “be removed and be cast into the sea,” and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.  Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.”

The wall may separate you from you goal, but not the goal giver.  Genesis 39:19-21, “So it was, when his master heard the word which his wife spoke to him saying, “Your servant did to me after this manner” that his anger was aroused.  Then Joseph’s master took him and put him into prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were confined.  And he was there in the prison.  But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.”  The first thing is, when you’re behind the wall, you’re not alone.  God is with us.  He will show us mercy and favor in spite the wall.

Your wall is not “an American Idol.”  People love watching American Idol to see who the next big star is going to be.  They talk about it at work, they talk about it with friends, they text in their votes.  And when the idol is chosen, they buy their cd’s, go to their concerts and just talk about how much they love this idol.  People do the same thing with their walls.  They talk about the problem, not the solution.  Jesus only spoke the solution, Mark 11:13-14, 20-24, “And seeing a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it.  When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.  In response Jesus said to it, “Let no one eat fruit from you ever again.”  And His disciples heard it.”  Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.  And Peter, remembering, said to Him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.  So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God.  For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, “be removed and be cast into the sea,” and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.  Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.”  See, Jesus never idolized his problem, He only spoke the solution.  He never spoke about the wall, He spoke to the wall and got the desired results.


Your wall needs to hear your shout.  It amazes me how many of us will allow our thoughts to run our minds.  A mirage for negative and defeated thoughts that keep us from the victory on the other side of the wall.  When your wall begins to shout defeat to you, you shout your victory in Christ Jesus to that wall.  Joshua 6:5 & 20, “It shall come to pass, when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, that all the people shall shout with a great shout; then the wall of the city will fall down flat.  And the people shall go up every man straight before him.”  “So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets.  And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat.  Then the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.”

When your wall is shouting at you, you shout back at your wall!

God loves you and so do I!

WHO'S IN THE LEAD

Ok, I like Nascar. Not enough to call myself a fan, but I know most of the drivers and how the point system works. Now with last years' point system, if you had enough top 10 finishes, including wins, you stood a better chance of winning the overall championship than if you had winsbut no top 10 finishes. For example, last year, Denny Hamlin won more Spirit Cup races, 10 total, than any other driver. But Jimmy Johnson, who had the second most with 9, had more top 10 finishes in the series and playoff than Hamlin. Jimmy Johnson became a 5 time champion. Hamlin won more races, but johnson won the overall championship. So who was in the lead?     That's a question we need to ask ourselves every morning before we let our feet hit the floor. Every morning when I wake up, there a war going on inside of me, between God and the devil, both trying to gain influence in my thoughts, actions and emotions. But thank God, years ago I made Jesus christ the Lord and Savior of my life. So the devil may try to gain ground or win in areas of my life, but God the overall lead in my life. Psalm 5:8 "Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before my face." Giving God total access to your life lets him lead your life.  If you're in the lead postion of your life, you're heading for a crash. In Nascar, every driver has a crew chief. The crew chief leads the crew and sits up high off the track to see the overall race. It's gives him an advantage in seeing the whats going on on the track so he can relay information to the driver, keeping the driver from getting into trouble or crashing. So too,the Lord operates as the crew chief in our lives. He sits up high to see the big picture of the race of our lives. He leads us out of the dangers and obstacles of our life. Psalm 23:2 " He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters." If we don't let the crew chief, Jesus lead us in the race of our lives....crash and burn, our lives will be. If your running out of gas, don't panic. GET TO THE PIT! If a driver is in the race but begins to experience trouble with his car, he gets to the pit to see the "pit crew". The pit crew does everything to get the car restored and running right from gas to new tires to taking out the dents or even getting the driver something cold to drink. Jesus does the same thing for us. Psalm 23:3 " He restore my soul, He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name sake." Joel 2:25 "So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the crawling locust, the consuming locust, and the chewing locust, and the chewing locust, my great army which I sent among you." God will fill you up and restore you so you can finish the race strong. When Jesus is in the lead of your life, you will always finish in victory lane. Every winning driver must drive to victory lane so he can officially be declared the winner. In victory lane he receive his prize, the trophy, money and congratulations from his team and well wishers. When God is the leader in the race of our lives, he will always put us in victory lane. When we trust Him with our lives, he will give us victory in our lives. 1 John 5:4 "For whatever is born of God overcometh the world; and this is the victory that overcometh the world even our faith." He gives us the victory to win the race every time.  The victory is always yours. But the glory for your victory must go to Him. Now this is where we must stay out of trouble. The victory and benefits of the victory belong to you. But the glory and praise belongs to Him. Wherever I pray for victory in an area of my life, I always ask Him for the victory and the benefit, but proclaim that he get all the praise and glory. When he gets the praise and the glory, people will be drawn to Him and not me. Our victory serves as a witness of His goodness. 2 Corinthains 2:14 "But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumph [as trophies of Chirst's victory] and though us spread and makes evident the fragrance of the knowledge of God everywhere."  When people see you winning every race in life, and doing it with God leading you all the way, they will want what you've got. And when they come to you, you can share with them about Jesus, WHO"S IN THE LEAD OF YOUR LIFE! God loves you and so do I.  Please read, meditate and pray these scriptures: Gensis 28:20-22, Romans 8:14, Psalm 23:2-3, Isaiah 48:17 and John 16:13.