Break Down the Walls of Limitation

“…they raised a great shout, and the wall fell down flat…” – Joshua 6:20 (NRSVUE)

What you just read is a small portion of the much bigger story of how the walls of Jericho were broken down.

We all have walls of Jericho which we need to break down if we are to live the life that God intended for us to live. These walls that we have erected keep us from moving forward and keep out the fullness of blessings we are due to receive. These are walls of limitation, and they need to fall.

When we break down the walls of limitation, it opens the way for us to cross over into the land of promise, into the Kingdom. However, even though it is we who build our own walls, it is almost impossible for us to break them down in our own strength. Like those Israelites, we need the power of God; without it, we labour in vain, and the Kingdom lifestyle will evade us.

Jesus epitomized Kingdom living, and each of us is responsible to pursue His lifestyle. Now you must be thinking or saying that okay but Jesus was God so it would have been easy for Him, but we must remember that Jesus, though He was God, He came to earth to live as a man. A man, just like you and just like me except for the sin part. A man who was faced with all sorts of varying human experiences. And as a man Jesus would have had certain limitations, everything we might face, He faced.

So, how was Jesus able to rise above and beyond His human limitations?

Jesus was in right relationship with God, the Father and was completely dependent on the Holy Spirit working in and through Him. This is what enabled Jesus to invade the impossible.

He is our example for what is possible, if He was solely God then for us everything that He did here on earth we would perceive as unattainable of accomplishing.

“Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father.” – John 14:12 (NRSVUE)

Jesus has successfully dealt with sin on behalf of all who believe, now nothing separates us from the Father.

“And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever.” – John 14:16

Here, Jesus promises the Holy Spirit to those who will follow Him. We must understand that Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross restored it all. Everything that the devil had stolen from man through the fall of Adam, Jesus got back for man but we now have to claim it.

These walls are serving no good purpose, they are only keeping us from our rightful inheritance and the wonderful promises of God through Jesus Christ.

There is no separation from God the Father, Jesus, the Son and our Saviour is willing, and the Holy Spirit is ready to work in us, through us and with us.

So, are we ready, are you ready to break down the walls of limitation by the power of the Three in One and enter into the new land?

Let’s go!

Shelley Johnson “Break Down the Walls of Limitation” © February 19, 2025