And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire.” Nehemiah 1:3 – Many decades earlier a remnant of Israel was blessed with being able to return to Jerusalem after the nation was exiled from their homeland. When they returned they found the city completely leveled. While they rebuilt many homes and even the temple of the Lord, one part of the city that had yet to be rebuilt was the city wall. This meant they were continually venerable to outside attacks and had no way to protect themselves from whenever their enemies decided they wanted to attack. In this state there was no future for them moving forward and growing, instead it was survival everyday, always walking in some level of fear from an enemy. That is no way people should live, but that was the life of those in Jerusalem at this time, and it also is the life for many in our day. So many people in our world don’t have the “spiritual wall” of Jesus surrounding their life. They are walking daily through life with no spiritual protection and the enemy has full access to their lives, and he’s using every bit of it. He is stealing their joy, he is killing their relationships, and he is destroying their lives…and on their own they can do nothing to stop him. This isn’t news to most Christians, but is it news that shakes us? Have we become numb to the reality that Satan is stealing, killing, and destroying that it doesn’t break our hearts like it broke Nehemiah’s? From what we can tell Nehemiah prayed for four months on what to do before going to the king, maybe even a small fraction of that amount of prayer we can do for the lost loved ones in our story. Remember if they don’t have Jesus, they don’t have His protection from the enemy. Pray they turn to Jesus and be ready to be used by Jesus in their life. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3398
Question To Ponder: How does the enemy attack someone?
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