Rebuilding Burnt Walls

I am reading/writing from Nehemiah 4:1-2.

v.1 "But, it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
v.2 And when he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?"

We find here where Nehemiah had gone back to Jerusalem to rebuild the wall. This wall had been destroyed during the captivity of the Jews. When Sandballat found out about it, he wasn't happy at all.....Why wasn't he happy? When there is a wall, the enemy has a harder time getting in. Sandballat knew that if Nehemiah and the Jews built this wall back there was no way he was getting in! So, he was going to do everything possible to make sure this wall wasn't going up. He threatened them with threats of attack, ridicule, discouragement, extortion. But, if you read on, you will see where they got the wall up!

Somewhere in someone's life today, you have let some walls fall. You have let the bondage of sin get in and you don't know what to do....Build your wall! You see when you have the wall of Jesus around your heart then nothing can get in unless you let it in. When you build and strengthen your wall everyday with prayer and fasting, it will soon become invinsible!

While you are building this wall, the devil is going to do everything possible to get you to mess up your wall.....Don't stop! Keep building your wall! You see, he knows that if you get that wall built around your heart then you are going to become mighty in Jesus!

Walls provide protection!!!