No Walls Too Lofty
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Going straight to the Cross
War talk reminds us of another engagement on the
spiritual plane.
No Walls Too Lofty
by J. Randal Matheny
"From Aroer on the edge of the gorge of the Arnon
and the level land of the gorge, as far as Gilead,
no city walls were too lofty for us; the Lord our
God laid them all open to us" (Deuteronomy 2:36,
NEB).
No obstacle can deter the follower of Jesus, when
he rises up to do the will of God. Moses reminds
Israel, right before entering Canaan, what God had
done for the people on the east side of the Jordan
River. No pagan city could resist God's people, no
matter how high their walls, no matter how strong
their defenses. For Israel was now obeying the
Lord's command and trusting his promise to give
them the land.
Today, the Lord continues to deliver all up to us,
laying open every bastion of resistance, whether
it be ours and others rebellious thoughts (2
Corinthians 10:5-6) or the strongest counter-
attacks of the devil (Matthew 16:18). There is no
wall so high as to impede the obedience to the
gospel or the fulfilling of the mission he has
given us to be world-lights and mouthpieces of the
gospel.
Whatever the high wall before you today, you may
breach it in the power of the Lord God.
"With thy help I leap over a bank,
by God's aid I spring over a wall."
(Psalm 18:29)