Ezekiel 13 -- Where Is YOUR Wall Crumbling?

Verse 5 has caught my attention every time I’ve read this chapter.  It says, “Israel is like a house in ruins, but you have not gone up into the broken places or repaired the wall.  So how can Israel hold back the enemy in the battle on the Lord’s day of judging?”

Just as an unoccupied house will start to deteriorate on its own from neglect, our spiritual lives can do the same.  We can be just as guilty as the Israelites were of whitewashing over our sins rather than clearing out the spiritual debris causing the weakness and firmly mortaring up the breeches in our spiritual defenses to protect us from Satan’s attacks.  If we are too lazy or preoccupied to do the hard work of keeping up our defenses, we simply give Satan extra ammunition to throw at us.

Father, please help me to regularly examine my spiritual perimeter, being honest with myself and with You about where and when I’m most vulnerable to attack.  Help me to clean out, repair, and shore up those breeches to not give Satan a foothold in attacking my life.

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford