“Do good in Thy good pleasure unto Zion: build Thou the walls of Jerusalem” (Psa 51:18)
We read that the walls of New Jerusalem are made of jasper stone, and the thickness of the wall appears to be 144 cubits (almost 216 feet) (Rev 21:17,18). Spiritually speaking, we are the city of God, New Jerusalem and Zion.
There are many meanings for the walls of Jerusalem. One meaning is, a strong wall all around our mind. We read that nothing that defileth or worketh abomination can enter into the city of God. The Lord wants us to keep our minds pure by building an invincible jasper wall all around it.
When Nehemiah heard that the wall of Jerusalem was broken down he “”sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven”" (Neh 1:3,4). And, with the help of the Lord, he rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem and repaired its breaches.
It is interesting to note the reaction of the enemies to this: “”When Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, and conspired all of them together, to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it”" (Neh 4:7,8). The devil will be very angry if we close up the breaches and repair the walls around our mind.
What is this wall that we build? In a sense, it is an unbreakable consecration that we make before God not to defile our mind, our thoughts, imaginations, etc. by any means. The devil knows that if we keep our mind perfectly pure like the mind of Christ, we will be able to completely overthrow all his plans against us.
Dear child of God, how is the wall around your mind? is it so frail that enemies and wild animals can pull it down and enter into your mind, and thereby defile the thought realm?”
When Nehemiah heard that the wall of Jerusalem was broken down he “”sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven”" (Neh 1:3,4). And, with the help of the Lord, he rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem and repaired its breaches.
It is interesting to note the reaction of the enemies to this: “”When Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, and conspired all of them together, to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it”" (Neh 4:7,8). The devil will be very angry if we close up the breaches and repair the walls around our mind.
What is this wall that we build? In a sense, it is an unbreakable consecration that we make before God not to defile our mind, our thoughts, imaginations, etc. by any means. The devil knows that if we keep our mind perfectly pure like the mind of Christ, we will be able to completely overthrow all his plans against us.
Dear child of God, how is the wall around your mind? is it so frail that enemies and wild animals can pull it down and enter into your mind, and thereby defile the thought realm?”
– Taken from Morning Manna – Thoughts for Daily Devotion
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