Hitting a brick wall. It can mean a number of things. Brick walls can hinder forward progress because something gets in the way. So brick walls can be literal brick walls or figurative, like something is holding things back. We all have probably ran into a few brick walls during our life, possibly both kinds. One thing is for certain, life presents us all with a brick wall or two.

Joshua was the leader of the people of Israel who had spent 40 years in the desert headed to their future. He had just completed getting them across the Jordan River into Canaan. They crossed the river across from a fortified city called Jericho. It was the mother of all brick walled cities. Scripture says that the walls were up to the sky. With instructions from God, Joshua faced the walls and overcame them. See what you can do when you hit a brick wall.