Breaking Through

I had a super lesson from the Lord today. I went to church feeling like I was running into a brick wall over something. I hate running into brick walls, it hurts, and I don't get very far. And it's easy to get discouraged when all you can see is a wall and not resolution.

Well, the Lord had something to say about that. He told me to stop looking at the wall. Just stop. Start to praise, joy, and worship because it's the right thing to do. So I did, with great abandon. Worship really is a great joy to me and my favorite part of a church service. Very soon after entering into worship, God showed me that the wall is being shattered. It's shattered by joy. Then He said that the enemy would like to make me think that the wall is thick, thicker than I would be able to break through. It's not, it's thin like a glass window and breaks as easily. Lies, lies, lies.

It was such a great lesson. It did require me to let go of the issue completely. That's a lot easier for me now than it used to be. I look back over a history of giving into doubt, dispair and depression because I allowed the enemy to con me into giving up. Now, the Holy Spirit cautions me when I even start to think like that. Remember the anecdote about not allowing the camel to get his nose under the tent. If you let in the nose, pretty soon you'll have the whole beast in there and you won't get him out. Depression is a slippery slope and not an easy one to recover from. It's far better to tell yourself to believe in God's promises whether you're feeling it or not. David told his soul to magnify the Lord. Sometimes we have to do that.

And then worship joyfully. Do it with an honest heart and feel the presence of God come down and set everything right. That wall will break down like sand. In the Old Testament, God sent the singers and musicians into battle before the army and the enemy fled. There's so much power in joyful worship. God probably protects us from all kinds of problems that we don't even know about when we worship with all our hearts. Makes me happy just thinking about it.