The Wall

It's been a while since I've found the motivation to update this, but now I have a bit of spare time I'll give it a try.

The other day I decided to do something a little but crazy, and more than a little bit challenging, to be precise bike 24 miles to go get a milkshake, a very nice McDonalds' milkshake at that!

There was honestly more behind it than merely the milkshake though, it was my step of faith, to do something only possible in Gods strength.

The most I've biked before is maybe 5 miles, to bike that far in my own strength at the moment would be impossible for me, but God showed His provision.

A while back God made me a promise, He said 'Whatever you put you're hand to I will give you the strength to do it'.

Half way there I felt so ill and faint, I'd forgotten how many hills were on the way and as I came up to a very big one my heart sank! But I reminded myself of Gods promise, prayed and felt considerably better after. David running towards the giant came into my mind, if God is for me what can be against me?!

All the way back from that journey God seemed to be saying 'Didn't I tell you?, Didn't I tell you?', yes He told me and yes He came through for me yet again! :)

The more I see the more I believe, with God with me nothing will ever be impossible, and no enemy will ever win!

Walls seem to be a big theme at the moment. Right back in January God spoke to me in two parts, the second part was that I'd break down strongholds and build up walls that are broken.

I can't say I really understood that fully at the time, and still don't, but since then similar words seem to be popping up all over the place.

A few weeks ago a friend had a picture of a city, the walls that were meant to be protecting the city were in a state of ruin. Along the walls were towers, some totally dilapidated, others fairly intact, but the walls between them were in ruins.

The towers represented individual churches, the city the church as a whole, and the walls protecting the city and linking the towers were broken down. We were outside the city trying to draw people in, but who would want to enter a city in such a state?

Then a couple of days ago I felt lead to read Nehemiah 4 for no apparent reason, and 2 verses just jumped out at me:

⁷ But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the men of Ashdod heard that the repairs to Jerusalem's walls had gone ahead and that the gaps were being closed, they were very angry. ⁸ They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and stir up trouble against it.

I'm not sure what all this means, or what my place in it is, but it's like Gods drawing everything together, I love how God does that!

He knows everything, and puts everything into place so perfectly.

Apart from all that my heart feels a little lonely at the moment. But I know God has everything in hand, and I trust He will make everything beautiful in my life, He always has and I know He always will! :)