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Emotional lockdown
'... Jericho was tightly shut up...' Joshua 6:1
Tough stuff happens and being a Christian doesn't mean that you get to escape it: '... You may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials' (1 Peter 1:6 NIV). And the tough stuff can be really hard to deal with.
The Bible says, '... Jericho was tightly shut up ... No one went out and no one came in'. Jericho was a well-guarded city, impossible to break into - which is great when you're a city at that time in history, not so great when you're an exceptional human being, created by God.
We can only get hurt so much before we end up on 'emotional lockdown' - afraid to reach out or let anybody in. We build up walls thinking, 'I'm 'dead-'ard', no-one can hurt me, I'm unbreakable, I'm in control.' When we build up walls inside us like this, what we're actually building is a prison, and locking ourselves inside it. Sure, maybe we do stop some of the bad stuff affecting us, but we also stop the good stuff getting in too.
We begin to lose our identity, because our walls eventually stop us being who we're made to be. God wants you to live in His freedom. Even though Jericho was a tough city, God literally knocked its walls down so Joshua could get in.
Today, give your hurts to God, let Him begin to heal you, allow Him to knock down your 'walls' so you can live in freedom with God in charge.
written by Bob Gass
'... Jericho was tightly shut up...' Joshua 6:1
Tough stuff happens and being a Christian doesn't mean that you get to escape it: '... You may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials' (1 Peter 1:6 NIV). And the tough stuff can be really hard to deal with.
The Bible says, '... Jericho was tightly shut up ... No one went out and no one came in'. Jericho was a well-guarded city, impossible to break into - which is great when you're a city at that time in history, not so great when you're an exceptional human being, created by God.
We can only get hurt so much before we end up on 'emotional lockdown' - afraid to reach out or let anybody in. We build up walls thinking, 'I'm 'dead-'ard', no-one can hurt me, I'm unbreakable, I'm in control.' When we build up walls inside us like this, what we're actually building is a prison, and locking ourselves inside it. Sure, maybe we do stop some of the bad stuff affecting us, but we also stop the good stuff getting in too.
We begin to lose our identity, because our walls eventually stop us being who we're made to be. God wants you to live in His freedom. Even though Jericho was a tough city, God literally knocked its walls down so Joshua could get in.
Today, give your hurts to God, let Him begin to heal you, allow Him to knock down your 'walls' so you can live in freedom with God in charge.
written by Bob Gass
