There’s a Window in the Wall:Finding God’s Way When Every Door Seems Closed

When the Walls Close In

Before there was Paul the Apostle, there was Saul the persecutor. He was passionate, zealous, and completely convinced that he was right. Scripture says he was “breathing out threatenings and slaughter” against the church. Everywhere he went, fear followed.

Then came the road to Damascus. There was a blinding light, a voice from heaven, and a moment that changed everything. Saul discovered that the One he was fighting was the One who came to save him.

If God could reach Saul, He can reach anyone. Nobody is too far. Nobody is too broken. God’s grace is never intimidated by your past.

The Hunter Becomes the Hunted

Saul’s conversion shook the city of Damascus. The same man who once hunted Christians now preached Christ. The Jews plotted to kill him, watching the gates day and night. Every exit was sealed. Every gate was guarded.

It looked like the end of Saul’s story before it had even begun until someone remembered, “There’s a window in the wall.”

When every logical way was blocked, God made another way. Even when every gate is shut, God always leaves a window in the wall.

God’s Way Through the Wall

Paul later wrote, “I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped from his hands” (2 Corinthians 11:33).

The same wall that was meant to trap him became the way God set him free. That’s how the Lord works. He doesn’t always tear the wall down; sometimes He makes a way through it.

When the walls of fear, shame, or regret rise high, look again; there’s always a way in the wall.

The Hands That Hold the Rope

Acts 9:25 says, “Then the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall in a large basket.”

The miracle wasn’t just the window. It was the hands that held the rope. God provided the escape, but He used people to pull it off.

These disciples risked their lives for a man who had once threatened theirs. They didn’t debate whether Saul deserved it. They just grabbed the rope and got to work.

Sometimes deliverance doesn’t come through angels; it comes through friends who pray, a church that holds on, and people who refuse to let go until you make it through.

When the Wall Becomes a Witness

Saul never forgot that night. The rough stone, the scrape of the rope, the trembling hands lowering him to freedom. Every brick of that wall became a witness that God had made a way. Later, he would write, “God is faithful… He will also make the way of escape” (1 Corinthians 10:13).

God doesn’t always remove the wall, but He always includes a way through it.

Rahab’s Window of Grace

Long before Saul found his window in Damascus, a woman named Rahab found hers in Jericho. She lived in the wall. Literally. That wall was supposed to keep her separated from God’s people, but when she hung a scarlet cord in her window, everything changed.

The color wasn’t random. Scarlet represents covenant. From the lamb’s blood in Egypt to the blood that ran down Calvary’s cross, the story of redemption is one continuous thread of grace.

Rahab’s wall became her witness. Her window became her way. Her scarlet cord became her salvation.

God Still Makes a Way

Saul found his way out through a wall in Damascus. Rahab found her way in through a wall in Jericho. Different sides of the wall—same saving God.

Whatever wall you’re facing today, it’s not final. You might feel trapped, but somewhere in that wall, God has already made a way.

He’s still the God who opens windows in impossible places. He still hangs ropes of grace down from heaven.

You might walk away with a few scars, but you’ll also walk away with a testimony: God made a way.

Key takeaway: When every gate is shut and every option seems gone, look again. There’s a window in the wall.