Wherever you travel, there are walls. In Beijing, the roads are named by the walls around the city..one wall, two walls, three, four..as they go further from the center of the city..
In western China, Don was so proud and fascinated to stand near a Portion of the wall from the Ming dynasty..
Walls built around castles in Europe, villages in Africa, new settlements in America , shrines in the Gobi, walls running along the jagged mountains on China....
Walls built to protect, for boundaries , barriers.....
Walls....
From Genesis to Revelation, walls are being built, torn down, rebuilt and built fresh...
walls made of stone, mud, logs, precious stones....emotions,
As people, we build walls around our hearts, emotions so that we are protected from those around us. We don't let others in.....we can open the gates when we want want or not...we can even build a moat around the walls making it harder for others to enter...
We can allow the walls to crumble, or break them down ourselves.
When Ezra went to Jerusalem , he wanted to rebuild theTemple, the central part of the city...the heart...rebuilding that relationship with
God as a number one priority...when Nehemiah came, he desired to rebuild the wall...that protection of the heart...of the people....
We all need that heart and protection of the heart in our relationships with others, but mostly with
God....the Restorer, the Builder,
he longs for us to be that fortified city.....in His protection, in His care....helping others to rebuild....to restore.....to encourage through the rebuilding.....those broken walls...
2 Samuel 22:29-31
New International Version (NIV)
29 You, Lord, are my lamp;
the Lord turns my darkness into light.
30 With your help I can advance against a troop[a];
with my God I can scale a wall.
31 “As for God, his way is perfect:
The Lord’s word is flawless;
he shields all who take refuge in him.
Ezra 9:9
Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage. He has shown us kindness in the sight of the kings of Persia: He has granted us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and he has given us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 1:3
They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”
Nehemiah 2:17b
Then I said to them, “......Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, and we will no longer be in disgrace.”
Psalm 122:7
May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels.”
Isaiah 49:16
See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.
Isaiah 58:12
Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.
Revelation 21:18-20
18 The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass. 19 The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.
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