By Brad Campbell –

Just a thought to help start your day.

“I’ve hit a brick wall.”  Maybe you’ve heard that phrase, or maybe you’ve spoken it yourself.  This particular brick wall happens to be part of my house.  Your symbolic brick wall could be any number of things.  I enjoy dabbling into the branches of my family tree.  That hobby sometimes consists of hitting a brick wall, so to speak, when the trail on one particular person or branch of the tree suddenly stops or becomes very difficult to follow.

My thoughts sometimes hit a brick wall.  I felt like I struggled through my Sunday sermon at church because I kept stumbling over my own words.  I even seemed to have hit a brick wall as I tried to put together a ‘thought’ for you for this week.  Sometimes the words just won’t come like I think they should.

Maybe the brick wall is something completely different.  When I was a young pre-teen, my mother had a car accident and literally hit a brick wall, shaking her up and damaging the car.

Those brick walls may bring us to a sudden stop, may seemingly prevent us from going any farther, or certainly will slow down our progress.  So, I wonder, what do you see as your brick wall right now?  Are you struggling in your faith?  Your relationship with the Lord?  Are you bogged down in all the “got-to-get-it-done” stuff of the work week?

Keep this in mind.  That brick wall is only as strong as the one who built it.  Walls can be broken down, dismantled, or perhaps even driven through if necessary.  Those brick walls do not have to be a permanent barrier in your day, your week, or even your spiritual growth.

The first step to getting past that brick wall is to first admit you’ve hit it.  Then assess the situation.  Climb over it, go around it, or maybe even plow right through it.  The Lord has work for you to accomplish this week, and He certainly wants to accomplish His work through you.  Are you putting up a brick wall and slowing down the work and growth that could be happening in your walk with Him?

Whatever your brick wall happens to be, allow the Master brick mason to help you conquer it this week!

Just a thought.