The Wall

Being a Christian can be a difficult journey sometimes. I’m sure you’ve felt, like I have, that we get to a place where we don’t feel like a productive servant of God. We feel like we’re spinning our wheels, and no matter how hard we try, we can’t seem to get past this place in our lives.

For athletes it’s called “hitting the wall.” It happens when they get to a place where they don’t feel they can physically go on. My wife has experienced this during the many marathons she’s participated in. She’s told me that everything will be fine, and then suddenly at mile 20 she feels completely drained and wants to stop.

She knows that she has the capability of running the full 26.2 miles of the marathon; she just has to take in water or Gatorade to give her body a boost.

Our faith can be like this. We want to pour more of God into us in order to keep going, but sometimes we find that no matter how much we take in His Word, we’re not getting full.

Solomon noted in Ecclesiastes that although the rivers of the world continually flow into the ocean, it never fills up. This is just like our faith. We will never be able to take in all of the love that God has to offer. He continuously pours it out, and we’re free to accept it, and let it power us past our wall.

When you hit your spiritual wall, accept that you’re human and you have limits, but also realize that you can make it through the difficult times with Christ’s help. With his strength, there is no wall we can’t conquer.

“Jesus, thank you for your love, your guidance, your patience, and your sacrifice. It is a lesson to all of us that we can endure and triumph anything. Amen.”