EP 49 How Do I Break Down Strong Brick Walls? How Do I Move Mountains and Cast Them into the Sea? Joshua, Rahab, Jericho

EP 49 How Do I Break Down Strong Brick Walls How Do I Move Mountains and Cast Them into the Sea: Joshua, Rahab, Jericho

So what does a brick wall and Joshua and Rahab have to do with reaching your promise, reaching your goals every day? That's what we're going to talk about in today's episode!

Ladies.

I am so thankful that you guys are here today. We're going to talk about how do we bring down strong walls that are in front of us today? I was honored and privileged to be able to do a ride along with a couple of people in my community who are up and coming real estate investors, and one who is a very experienced real estate investor in our city. And he does these ride alongs. And so I was riding with one, two, three, four, five, five others, including myself. So six of us plus the very experienced person. And as we rolled through the city and he kind of gave us his take on real estate, investing in our city and talked about all of his trials and tribulations, everything that he's faced, everything that he's gone through and everything that he's triumphed in, everything he's learned, all the lessons learned as he's been investing in our city.

He ended the trip with a visit to a brick wall and his point was to talk us through we had already talked about our why and why do we want to invest? Why do we want to do this? And in anything in life that you do anything that's worth getting after there's a why behind that. And there's also work. There's also trials and tribulations. There's also sweat and tears and blood. There's also joy and laughter. There are all these things that come with accomplishing a goal, especially when it's hard. And as you know, I say, how you do anything is how you do everything. So I believe that you should put in a hundred, 10% effort in no matter what you're doing. But I also know that in the pineapple, it says when we are faced with our trials to trust in the Lord.

And I definitely believe that no matter what you're doing, you're going to come up against brick walls, right? So this metaphor, I guess, of looking at this brick wall, it was all the way around. And there was, you know, we were thinking about the fact that what if your promise is right on the other side or what if your, why is right on the other side? And all you had to do was figure out how to get over through, around, under under this brick wall, right? What would you do if your children were in there? And the only way you could get to your children was to figure out how to get through this wall. The fact is, is that most of us, if our backs were up against the wall and we had to get to our kids on the other side, we would figure out a way.

And I think that the important thing to this is that you have to understand why it is that you're doing what you're doing. When we face walls in our life. We just have to remember what are we doing this for in the first place? Because I will tell you, especially now, as I have transitioned into this current season where I'm not currently responsible for a big team of people, and I'm not on call 24 seven, and I don't have all of these key performance indicators that I know I have to meet, it has been a lot harder to be accountable to myself than it is for me to be accountable to my team, to the people that I am supervising or managing or the people I'm leading, or even the people that I am directly reporting to. It's so much easier to meet expectations and to push and to meet those goals, create those goals and go after those goals sometimes when you are doing those things for other people.

So the point was, is to think about your, why, why are you doing the things that you're doing? And when you come up against the wall to be able to push through that thing, just figure out a way to get through it. You know that in thinking about the word of God, it talks about being able to cast the mountain into the sea. Well, yes, we can talk to God about these days and yes, we can ask him to move it. But he has asked us and told us that we have the power of the holy spirit within us to be able to cast that mountain out into the seas. He left us with the same powers of the holy spirit within us that Jesus had. And we can pray and heal the sick we can you know, call out miracles. We can call out greatness in other people we can say to that mountain, be that removed and be cast into the sea.

We can say to these demons in our life, in the spiritual realm of, you know, I rebuke you and I tell you to flee seven different ways. We have power in our tongue now by no stretch of the imagination. Am I trying to say that we are cheeses or anything like that? So please don't misconstrue. We are all sinners. I am a sinner and I am not at all saying I'm Jesus. What I'm saying is that we all have the power within us and it's not our own strength. It's God's strength. It's the holy spirit strength to really trust in him and do what it is he's called us to do. So as we're standing here looking at this brick wall, and I'm thinking about all the reasons why I do the things that I do, I thought of Jericho. I thought of how the Joshua in Jericho, the kind of leader he was, he was very bold, very courageous and very upfront saying, you know, if God said, this is our promise land, why do you talk about how we can't conquer it?

He said, it was hours. He's said, it's a promised land. We are going to go there. And we are going to get what he said is ours. And so when they get there and wall is there, you know, many are probably looking at that wall. Like, man, yeah, no, historically nobody could get in and nobody could come out. So I don't see how this is gonna happen. And isn't that always the case that sometimes we have no clue how a wall is going to come down. But what we do know is that if we listen to the holy spirit and we listened to God and we follow what he's asking us to do, that he will help us get that wall down. He'll help us go through it around it, under it sideways. He'll help. He'll bring people to us that have ladders. He will bring other strong people around us that can help lift us and get us over that wall.

We are equipped to do whatever it is to do it. It is that we're called to do. And if it is steps that we're taking that are ordered by God, if we are taking steps that he's asked us to take, then he will provide a way he is the way maker. He is the promise keeper. And if our promise is on the other side of that wall, you best believe that he's got a way for us to get through it, to get over it, to get to our promise land. That's the promise. That's the word? That is the truth. So I want to talk about a little bit about Jericho and something else, which was crazy, right? Because at church the other day Colin pastor Colin was talking about rehab, the story of rehab. And as we sat in this right along and we approached this brick wall and he talked about, you know, you are the one who can make a choice here and make a difference.

You are the one that can set up generational wealth for your children and your children's children. But it depends on you taking a step. It depends on you making a choice. Well, the story of rehab, it was so crazy. I feel like that story that I just heard a couple of weeks ago, I, it was ringing in my ears as we sat here and looked at this wall because the story of rehab is that when Joshua, the son of nun sent out two men to spy secretly saying, go and view the land, especially Jericho. They came across this harlot named rehab and rehab new that they were here to take over the land. They asked her for a place to stay. She then hid them. Okay. She hit them. And when they came looking for the two men, the woman hit them, the woman being rehab.

And she said they didn't, she didn't know where they were. She hid them after the men that were looking for Joshua's men left, she said to them, listen, I know that you have come to take over the land and that everybody in the land is nervous. They're concerned. I'm just asking, asking you to spare me in my family because of what I have shown you, that what hospitality I have shown you. And I am paraphrasing guys. This is in Joshua two. And it took re Hab this one choice to help hide these two men that were Joshua's men. She could have chosen not to do that, but she chose to help them help hide them so that they were not captured. They were not seized. And that choice is what saved her and her family. And don't, you know, that in her bloodline comes David and then comes Jesus.

So imagine if Ray Hab had not been the one to stand up, stop and say, I will hide you. I will protect you if you will in return, protect me and my family. What if she had not done that? What if she had given them up and she was killed for being a trader and hiding them in her home, there are choices that we have to make every single day. And we may face walls. We may have to make really tough choices, but one choice, one step, one obedient act from what, whatever it is, God's giving you, whatever it is God's leading you to do could be the pivotal moment that changed, changes everything. So I'm thankful that pastor Colin had talked about this as we sat here and looked at this one, because the story of Jericho, you know, all of us pretty well, no, this is that they had to walk around the city, walk around the city and they had to keep doing and keep going and keep going.

And eventually the miraculous thing of the walls came crumbling down and they were able to enter the city. Now these were walls that were supposedly 10, the high double bricked, right? Nobody could come in or out. So the only one way that that could happen would be from an act of miraculous places which come from God, but it was their obedience and their willingness to step into the promise that God had for them. They could have turned around and said, forget it. We're not going to do all of this stuff. We're not going to believe we're not going to step. We're not gonna do the things that we are being directed by the man of God, which was Joshua. At that point, we're not going to do these things. They could have very well made those choices and very well could have never, ever seen the promised land, just like you and I, when we are in situations where we face a mountain or we're facing this wall.

And what if we don't know that the promise is on the other side? What if it's just a possibility wouldn't you rather know, not have to live with regret then to not take a step and just wonder if you were supposed to be rehab in that moment and make that choice that changes the entire future for your bloodline. I don't know about you, but when I think about my children and my children's children and their children and their children, I want to create a legacy. I want to be they're prayerful, faithful ancestor who prayed and believed and stepped in faith because I want to set things up for them as, as I can in, in how I'm being called to do it. Not because the power is within me or the strength is within me, but because God is calling me to do and be a certain person.

And after everything comes the impact after all of that, yes, off after all of that obedience, after all of the fights and blood and sweat and tears and the, just the obedience after all of that comes the impact that he has intended. He's calling each of us in our places at the timing is exactly what it should be in this season. It should be. You're surrounded by people that you should be surrounded with. He has placed you divinely in a spot where he needs you to best serve the purpose that he's called you to. I just thought that was really a regulatory moment for me, just to think through, you know, the steps that I take are so important, the obedience or lack thereof could mean everything or nothing to my children and their children and their children. And it goes on and on and on.

We all have such a powerful place in our lives to create what it is that will be the legacy for our children and their children and their children. So when you look at a wall, when you look at that, what looks to be an unsurmountable mountain, have faith in God, trust him that he would not place something in front of you. If you were not equipped to climb it, if you were not equipped to figure it out, he wouldn't, he wouldn't ask us to do those things. He has put the people in our lives that we need. He has put the partnerships in our lives that we need. We just have to be opened. Our heart needs to be open to him and to be a servant to him and to others around us. We need to be doing everything in love. We love other people.

And as we're walking that thing out, he will reveal to us what it is that he wants us to do relationships. He wants us to foster relationships. He wants us to say goodbye to there's a time and season for everything. And he knows exactly where you are and what you need. And it is our job to just say, yes, take a step and say, yes, again, take another step and say yes. Again with each step comes, that becomes or with each step comes that clarity with each step comes that clarity. And with each yes, comes the reward. Whether we see it immediately or not, we are not, you know, think about it. I'm not going to say, see my children's children's children's children's children's children, right? I'm going to be long gone by then. But the steps I take today and the yeses I give God today are creating a future for my family.

That I'll never even meet. Think about that, by the way, when you say yes, and you take those steps, you are impacting people right now on this earth that you don't have any clue that you're impacting. I remember one of the years for unbecoming, we talked about the butterfly effect and you know, why the flap of a butterfly's wing can, is strong enough to start a ripple effect that can cause a tsunami or a hurricane, something crazy like that. And it was crazy. Actually, when we, when I think about this there were, we released butterflies. And then very soon after that there were storms. I can't remember if it was hurricanes or something, but there were storms. And I was like, wow, that's interesting that we released a whole bunch of butterflies. And then there were these major storms anyway. I think everything in this world and in the spiritual world are connected.

So I am always looking for regulatory, things like that ways to connect to the holy spirit and just to listen to what messages he, he brings to me. And I hear weird messages. I think the other day, in an episode, I was talking about how tire tires being balanced and car alignments, that the holy spirit was using that to speak to me and confirm some things to me, that's just how he talks to me. I just hear things and get confirmations that way. Or he shows me those kinds of things in, in simple everyday things. But you know, that doesn't come without practice and without obedience, I purposefully seek out, what are you trying to tell me today? Holy spirit, what do you want me to do today? What do you want me to hear? What do you want me to feel? What do you want me to see am looking for those opportunities to make those connections?

So I think just remembering that too, is being intentional about what you look for and what you're seeking, what you focus on is what you will get. That is absolutely the truth. You can really only focus on one thing at the time. So if you're kind of in a negative space, I promise you you're going to receive negative. If you're in a positive space, then things are going to be more positive. Even if the circumstances aren't positive, you will be intentionally out the positives in that situation. Like it's a lesson learned instead of a failure, right? So you will be seeking out what you can learn and what the positives are for that situation. So what can we do to break down strong walls? When we feel like we are just coming up against brick walls and we feel like, man, if I could just get through this thing, if I could just figure out how to get through, what are some of those things that we can do.

So I think a couple of things that I would love for you to take away from this today would be to really think about, first of all, identifying the wall, what is the wall? What is it? What is it made of? Is it made of fear? Is it made of anger? Is it made of hatred, complacency? Is it made of illness and sickness? What about sin or what about self hate, low self-esteem prejudices? What is it the wall made up? Because if you can identify what kinds of bricks that wall was made of, then you will know what kind of tools you need to break it down. So identify what the wall is first. So acknowledge and identify the wall, understand that this is metaphorically, right? You don't have a brick wall standing in front of you necessarily. These might be walls within that are keeping you from getting to your promised land or to whatever it is on that other side. And the only way that you're gonna identify what those are, is to pray about it and ask God to reveal it to you, ask him to reveal it to you so that you see it.

The other thing is thinking about being okay with being different and separating yourself from the world. And when I think about rehab again, rehab was a prostitute. She found the redemption that she was looking for because she was able to separate herself from Jericho, right? She was in Jericho and she was separating herself from it. She could have very easily turned those guys in, but she didn't. She separated herself and she was able to redeem herself and her family in that action. So be willing to be a little different, be willing to do something different, be willing to do more than what your neighbor might be doing in order to get to promise.

The third thing I think would be to say, yes, be obedient, listen to what it is God's asking you to do and be obedient to that. Just say yes, and then just take one step at a time. That is all it takes one step at a time. That's it? You don't have to figure out how you're going to get to the top of the mountain today. You don't have to figure out how you're going to get the entire wall today down. You just need to say yes and work on that one. Brick. You need to say yes and take that one step. Just sit Mitch yourself to what it is God's calling you to do, and then speak victory over yourself in your life. Speak victory. We have to remember that the power of life and death is in our tongue. So speak victory over yourself. Repeat what it is. God said about the promise about what it is that he's promised us. Repeat that out loud. Call out the blessings that you are praying for. Call out blessings over others, pray for others in your life. Pray for those relationships. Pray for those divine connections and interactions. Pray for the people that you've never even met. Pray for general racial curses to be destroyed in the name of Jesus.

And then finally, the last step I think is to just thank him, thank him that he has given us the choice to follow him the choice to say yes, and the choice to take a step and the choice to receive the blessings he has for us. He gave us that choice. We are free to choose whatever it is, but I can guarantee you that your joy and your promises, that in your blessings will be so much more. If you choose to say yes to whatever it is that he's calling you to do, you are purposefully designed to say yes to what he's calling you to. And you just like rehab are able to change the trajectory of all of those people in your life now until forever in your future. If you simply say yes and thank you for the choice to say yes, all right, that is what I have for you today.

So God, I just want to thank you today for every woman listening. And even though God, I ramble a little bit and I get off track and I get sidetracked. I thank you God, for the holy spirit, that gives me revelation to be able to just sit here and share with other people. And I thank you, God, every heart listening today, God, every family that's represented by every person that's listening here today. I thank you for her. I thank you for the family. I pray that every generational curse is broken right now in the name of Jesus. I pray that you lay your hands on every situation. God, I pray that you lay your hands on it and we take our hands off of it so that you can do the work that you are able to do. Thank you, God, for the promises, you are a promise keeper.

You are a way maker. And I thank you for that revelation. I thank you for that truth. And I just thank you God, for the light that you shine upon us, the light that you shine upon our paths as we take each step. And that light follows us just a little bit ahead so that we can see just the, even a little bit ahead. We don't need to see the whole picture. God, because we trust you. And we thank you that you were just lighting that area where we need to take that one step. Thank you for keeping a light on that. And thank you for giving us clarity as we say yes. And as we take a step in the name of Jesus, we pray and we thank you. Amen. All right, sisters, I will see you inside the Facebook group. Guys. I would love for you guys to be super active in that group so that we could talk.

We could hang out. We could create this community. So make sure you hop over there and say hello and give us your opinions and your thoughts on whatever it is, the topic that's on your heart. Because I believe that it is not by accident, that we are all connected, that we are, you know, you're sitting on the other side, listening while I'm sitting here talking. And I don't believe that that's an accident. I believe it's divine. And even if, just for a moment or just for a season, I'm thankful for that ability to connect with you right here and right now, all right guys have a great weekend. Memorial day is coming up. So have a wonderful, safe holiday. And I will see you guys.

Hey, before you go, I'd love for you to hop over to my podcast and give me a review. And you know, I'd love five stars. That's how we can share this thing with other women, just like us, your five stars and written review really helps me get the word out. You can also take a screenshot of this episode and tag me in your Insta and Facebook stories. And I'll give you a shout out right back, leaving a review and sharing this episode is the best way you can show me some luck. Thanks so much. And I'll see him the next episode. And remember your smile is like a boomerang, throw one at somebody and it'll come right back.

Website:  https://www.angietoninirogers.com

IG: @angietoninirogers

FB: https://www.facebook.com/angie.toninirogers

Community: http://bit.ly/whollymadelifefbgroup

Email: angietoninirogers@gmail.com

Wholly Made Life™ IIDEAA Framework Journal: http://bit.ly/IIDEAAjournal

Wholly Made Life™ Short Assessment: http://bit.ly/shortassessment
Angie’s Coaching Menu: visit website at www.angietoninirogers.com