Prayer to break down walls

The LORD said to Joshua, "I am putting into your hands Jericho, with its king and all its brave soldiers. You and your soldiers are to march around the city once a day for six days.

Seven priests, each carrying a trumpet, are to go in front of the Covenant Box. On the seventh day you and your soldiers are to march around the city seven times while the priests blow the trumpets. Then they are to sound one long note. As soon as you hear it, all the people are to give a loud shout, and the city walls will collapse. Then the whole army will go straight into the city." (Joshua 6: 2-5)

Have you ever hit a wall of resistance? You may have been trying to convince someone or some organization about the value of some issue but all you get is brick walls! Either you are not listened to or you are fobbed from one desk to another desk.

Joshua came to a huge brick wall: the fortified walled city of Jericho. From a human perspective it was almost impossible to take. The walls were thick and high and  there was no cover. It was easily defended.

But God gave Joshua an unusual strategy: march around the city once a day and then on the seventh day, march around it 7 times. Make sure that seven priests lead the procession blowing a trumpet each.

He followed God’s directions ans as they say, the rest is history!

Prayer walking and praise are two ways that walls can be broken down so that God’s purposes can be achieved.

Praise and prayer are ways that walls can be broken down between people and organizations. Blowing a “trumpet” can also be helpful as the heavenlies are shaken by the sound and the strongholds can come a tumbling down..

As Joshua applied God’s unusual strategy to bring the walls down, he found that God’s strategy worked. As we listen to God’s strategy to break down dividing walls in our lives and apply it, it will be amazing to see the walls come tumbling down!

Through God’s power and our praying, walls can come down right before our eyes.

Prayer and praise can bring down walls of hatred and jealousy, anger and bitterness, criticism and judgment, fear and anxiety.