In Joshua 6:1-5, God told Joshua to do something that may have seemed silly. He and his army were to walk around the city walls once a day for six days, then seven times on the seventh day. At that time, the walls would fall, and Joshua’s army would be able to storm the city.

Like me, you may feel you have been marching around the wall of a particular situation multiple times. It should have fallen by now. The question is how many net steps forward have you really made? Sometimes you may have taken two steps forward but one backward. So, although you have stepped three times, your net forward was only one.

There may be good reasons why you slipped backward when you should have been going forward. But are you aware enough to notice when you are regressing and by how much? What are you doing daily to ensure you are advancing by at least one step? If only you take just one step, it matters.

Wikipedia defines Chinese Water Torture or a “dripping machine” as a process of dripping cold water slowly onto the scalp, forehead, or face for an extended period. This causes fear and mental deterioration in the person. If it is just one drip, it matters.

Think of any beautiful structure you see like the White House, Buckenham Palace, a stadium, or a skyscraper. They were built with one brick or one wall at a time. If it was just one brick or one wall, it mattered.

Keep stepping forward around the wall between you and that goal and eventually the wall will fall.

When the trumpets sounded, the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city

Joshua 6:20