Building Walls with God’s Word

During the summer of 2001, I was talking to God abut a sin I found myself repeating often. I had repented many times only to find myself doing the same thing. I humbly asked God what I needed to know. I felt Him impress on my heart that He could free me from this oppression, but I would walk right back into it if there was nothing to keep me in safe pasture.

The image of a wall came into my mind. There were words on the wall. I couldn’t read the words, but I knew it was God’s Words. I looked up every verse I could find that talked about walls. I learned from the record of Nehemiah how the Jewish people rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem. The walls served as a dividing line between God’s people and outside forces. I was reminded of the walls of New Jerusalem in Revelation which will be 1,400 miles long and 1,400 miles high and two hundred feet thick. Now, that’s a wall!

I knew God was telling me He wanted to build walls with His Word to strengthen me. I began to search the Bible for God’s words about my weak area. I wrote down all the verses I could find on that topic. Prior to this, I had looked up a few verses on my weakness, but it had never occurred to me to pull it all together. I began to prayerfully read these verses each day, asking God to “build my wall.” Eventually, when I was tempted. God’s Word would pop into my mind (the Sword of the Spirit), and it became easier and easier for me to cling to God’s Word and resist the temptation to sin. It did not happen overnight, but God set me free from this sin. How awesome is that?

It has been twenty years since I began praying God’s Word to strengthen my walls. I know I will never be completely free from sin as long as I live in a fallen world and in human flesh, but I can joyfully report that praying God’s Word to strengthen my walls has set me free from things that plagued me since childhood, (lack of patience, quick temper to name a few), grown my knowledge of the Bible and equipped me to pray more effectively for others. It changed the quality of my life in a big way. The biggest blessing has been the increase in peace in my heart and mind. I have found that praying God’s Word will remove negatives and replace them with positive things.

I have learned to persevere until I see God’s answer come to pass in the physical realm.

Luke 18:1-7

Then He spoke a parable to them that men always ought to pray and not lose heart, 2 saying: “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor [a]regard man. 3 Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, [b]‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’ 4 And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, ‘Though I do not fear God nor regard man, 5 yet because this widow troubles me I will [c]avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.’ ”

6 Then the Lord said, “Hear what the unjust judge said. 7 And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them?

Keep seeking God. Pray His Word. NEVER give up!