{"id":19876,"date":"2014-05-26T00:15:51","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T04:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=19876"},"modified":"2014-05-25T22:18:55","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T02:18:55","slug":"breaking-brass-gates-busting-iron-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/26\/breaking-brass-gates-busting-iron-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Brass Gates and Busting Iron Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"

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May they erupt with praise and give thanks to the Eternal Lord
\nin honor of His loyal love and all the wonders He has performed for humankind!
\nHe has broken down the bronze gates and severed the iron bars that imprisoned them.
\nPsalm 107:16 The Voice<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Ever feel hesitant to do God\u2019s will? Sometimes we are reluctant to follow the directions of God because all we see before us are the brass gates and iron bars blocking our way. The Amplified Bible shares Isaiah 45:2 this way:<\/p>\n

I will go before you and level the mountains [to make the crooked places straight];
\nI will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut asunder the bars of iron.<\/p>\n

Psalm 107:16 and Isaiah 45:2 show us He will go before us and already have those obstacles removed before our arrival. God will make a way through the greatest difficulties we face. He will deliver us from the strongest prison, even if we are imprisoned in sin or consequences of our own making, and make the path straight ahead of us. \u00a0Micah 2:13 (Amplified) tells us that Jesus will be our Guide:<\/span><\/p>\n

The Breaker [the Messiah] will go up before them.
\nThey will break through, pass in through the gate and go out through it,
\nand their King will pass on before them, the Lord at their head.<\/p>\n

Jesus has already broken through the barrier keeping us apart from God, paving the way for our salvation. He will continue to break through every obstacle in the way of our deliverance, our restoration, clearing a path through anyone or anything that opposes us. Nothing can hold us back if God is going before us.<\/p>\n

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Matthew Henry puts it like this:
\n\u201cThose will find a ready road that have God going before them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Don\u2019t let the brass gates and iron bars before you keep you from moving forward. Take that first step, all the while praising God. Watch Him shatter those gates and destroy the iron bars holding you back.<\/p>\n

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Dear Lord, thank You so very much for Your grace and mercy. We are so thankful Your hand is upon us every step of the way. Do not let us hesitate when obstacles appear before. Remind us that You have already removed every obstacle blocking our path as long as we are following You. You are so good to us and we want to bring glory and honor to You in all we do. In Jesus\u2019 precious name we pray, Amen. So be it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

May they erupt with praise and give thanks to the Eternal Lord in honor of His loyal love and all the wonders He has performed for humankind! He has broken down the bronze gates and severed the iron bars that imprisoned them. Psalm 107:16 The Voice Ever feel hesitant to do God\u2019s will? Sometimes we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":13840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3020],"tags":[6396,5889,3367,1287,425,6394,6397,5953,6395,6393,3174],"class_list":["post-19876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-breaking-brass-gate-and-busting-iron-bars","tag-cynda-cottrill","tag-daily-devotions-2","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-isaiah-452","tag-jesus-has-already-broken-the-barriers","tag-matthew-henry","tag-micah-213","tag-psalm-10716","tag-seeking-him-devotional","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-5aA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19876"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19879,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19876\/revisions\/19879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}