Secure the Gates

eDevotion

Encouragement for your daily walk with God

The Great Wall of China is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It stretches over 4,000 miles and was built to protect China from the barbaric hordes to the north. The designers of the wall made it high, thick and long to prevent enemy troops from going over, through or around it. 

However, history records that in the first hundred years of its existence, China was successfully invaded three times, and the wall had neither been climbed nor breached. How is that possible, you ask? Simple - it was the gatekeepers. In each of the three invasions the barbarians simply bribed the gatekeepers and the enemy just walked right through.

The Great Wall was only as secure as its gatekeepers; and therein lies our lesson. Each Christ follower has "gates to keep" . . . our eyes, and our ears, and our mouth! No matter how strong we think we are, we can never forget that these points of entry are evident to our enemies and there will be attempts to bribe or seduce us so they can walk right in. We must not allow the "barbaric hordes" to invade our lives by failing to keep careful watch at these entry points – our integrity and our authority depend on the security of our gates!

But if the watchman sees the enemy coming and doesn’t sound the alarm to warn the people, he is responsible for their captivity. They will die in their sins, but I will hold the watchman responsible for their deaths. Ezekiel 33:6