Bunker mentality is sometimes all we have left. We must put up a wall for protection from the wiles of the evil one.
In its simplest form, we turn off the phone to keep telemarketers from bothering us at dinner. Our vacations are often a way of running away from the pressures of the world even if it’s only for a week.
Sometimes it’s as easy as a walk to cool down after emotional fisticuffs with our spouse. We need a wall to allow us a time of separation before reengaging with the world.
Nehemiah was generous with the Jews. He rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem. He did it at his own expense. Others tried to destroy him for his good deeds, and God took exception, keeping his hand on Nehemiah.
We need to follow Nehemiah’s example. When we find a breach in that which protects us, it’s up to us to break out the building tools and repair our walls. Our marriages, our families, they are our responsibility. It’s not up to the minster, the marriage counselor, or the social worker to fix what’s wrong with our lives. We need to raise our wall, protect what God has given us, and work to make right that which we are blessed with.
No one gets that vacation without booking the trip and paying the bill.
Nehemiah 6:15-16 tells us:
“So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days. And when all our enemies heard of it, all the nations around us were afraid and fell greatly in their own esteem, for they perceived that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God.”
Our walls of protection will bring about the same result for us. When we set up our wall around that which is important to us, we will grow stronger, and the evil one will be afraid of what God had brought forth in us.
Taking time to keep ourselves strong in God is worth a little of our effort. Our families will be better for it.
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