This morning I was in my devotional time and the Lord told me to do something for my retreat that I have been praying
about using someone else to do. He simply said, “YOU can do it.” I wrestled
with that thing, y’all! I shook myself and asked if I was ready for it and started
praying again but the response didn’t change. I know that I am called and
anointed for what I am doing but I still have moments that I question if I have
what it takes. Maybe you do too. What have you not done, not tried or not
completed because of fear, doubt or opinions? Today, the Lord told me to tell
you to stop. Stop with the “I’m not sure!” Stop with the “they did it like
this.” Stop with the “I don’t have the money.” Stop with the “I’m too _____!” Stop
with the “I can’t!” Today, it’s time to kick down the wall that was
built by the thoughts and opinions of you and other people. Today, you take the
city!
Do you remember the story of Jericho? Its inhabitants locked
the city down because they were afraid of the Israelites. A wall surrounded the
city and no one came in or went out. The Lord gave Joshua detailed instructions
and a promise that if they obeyed, the wall would come down and they could take
the city. He told them,
“See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor. 3 You shall march around the city, all you men of war; you shall go all
around the city once. This you shall do six days. And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of
rams’ horns before the ark. But the seventh day you shall march around the city
seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. 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.” (Josh. 6:2-5 NKJV)
Joshua called the priests, gave them
instructions and then told the people what they were to do. “You shall not shout or make any noise with
your voice, nor shall a word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I say to
you, ‘Shout!’ Then you shall shout.” (Josh. 6:10 NKJV)
This is where I want to stop. Folks, two really important things happened
here. God gave the instructions for the process and then told the people to
shut their mouths until they had carried out those instructions. Let that
marinate. I’ll wait…
Listen. The Lord has given you everything
that you need to accomplish whatever He told you to do. Your only
responsibility is to obey the instructions and keep your mouth shut until you
finish. Your wall will come down if you don’t stop it with your mouth. When the
Lord told me that I could do what He told me, that should have been the end of
my mouth running. The Bible says that if He has said it, He will do it and if
He has spoken it, He will make it good (Numbers 23:19). So why are you slowing
down your progress with what you don’t think you have? Why are you holding
someone else up with your excuses and your self-doubt? That wall was
obliterated by obedience! The only thing that remained of the wall and city was
silver, gold, bronze and iron, which went into the Lord’s treasury. Did you
peep that? If you trust Him, he will take what held you up and bless the Kingdom
with it. Goodbye, wall! Time to take the city!
Amen…
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