Apr
27
Break Down the Walls to Be Healed
Filed Under Daily Devotions
SCRIPTURE: 2 Samuel 1; Psalm 140; Matthew 13
“Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing they do not hear or understand. In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people’s hearts has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’” (Matthew 13:13-15)
OBSERVATION:
Life hardens us. As children, we are so accepting, so trusting. Then life happens. We expose our hearts and have them broken. Our trust is betrayed and our faith dwindles. We build invincible walls around us, around our hearts for protection. That way, we can’t get hurt. But when we build those walls, we close our ears and our eyes and we miss life. We can’t love fully if people cannot reach our hearts. We can’t fully live and appreciate life if we block everything out.
APPLICATION:
Oh the walls I have built in my life! Some people have been allowed in, but many people I keep out. There have been people, mainly boys, who have chipped away at the walls around my heart. At first, I didn’t mind. But then I felt they were getting too close and I pushed them away. I didn’t want to get hurt and I didn’t want to hurt them. What did I miss by pushing them away? Didn’t that just cause me more pain to deal with?
For so long in both college and my move to Alabama, I didn’t tell people about certain things in my past. Some people probably don’t know to this day. Even people I felt close with. That was a part of my life that was too deep and I didn’t want exposed. Now, I’m not saying unload all your junk on people you’ve just met. But there comes a time when we need to let people in, especially Jesus, if we ever want to be fully healed.
PRAYER:
Thank you so much, Father, for the people in my life that I can be completely transparent with. I don’t have to keep the walls up, but instead, let them go and find rest and healing. Amen.