November 13, 2025

Hey guys, 

I hope you’re having a great week. This week’s Thought comes from Deuteronomy 28:52. For context, this is found in Moses’ last words to the children of Israel before they enter the Promised Land. Most of chapter 28 is either a prayer of blessing for obedience to God’s laws, or a warning of curses to come for disobedience. Verse 52 is found in that list of warnings for disobedience. “They will attack your cities until all the fortified walls in the land - the walls you trusted to protect you - are knocked down.”

Who are they? They are the enemies from whom God would save His people as they took the land. The walls Moses refers to, surround the fortified cities the spies reported 40 years ago when Moses sent them in to spy out the land!  Moses’ warning - it is not going to end well for you if you disobey God’s law and put your trust in the city walls you conquered because of God’s intervention.

I couldn’t help but wonder, what are my walls? What do I believe in? Where do I put my trust instead of at God’s feet? If we all genuinely ask ourselves those questions, we could come up with a LONG list of answers. It might be our skill set, our abilities, our resources, our finances, our friends, our family, other relationships we have, our churches, or our pastors. That list could go on and on, but the point here is we are trusting in the walls instead of the One who put us behind the walls!

I was in a small group this morning, and as we were looking at Romans 9, we were talking about the difference between the potter and the clay — how the clay doesn’t have the right to tell the potter, ”Wait a minute, you didn’t design me right!" The created can't arguing with the Creator. He put them behind the walls, and yet they trusted in the walls, not the one who put them there! 

So, apply that to your life today. What are you putting your trust in? Where does your security lie? Is it in the things that God provided for you instead of God Himself? It’s a difficult question, but we all have “walls” that we trust in instead of trusting Him.

Love you guys,

John