Re:Verse passage – Nehemiah 1:1–3, 11 (day seven)
“and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates are burned with fire.” vs 3b
The wall was everything for an ancient city. Protection, fortification, economy, identity. A broken wall meant that the city was vulnerable, just waiting to be attacked. Could you imagine trying to sleep at night knowing the enemy could walk right through the gates and destroy your home? Could you imagine trying to build anything of significance or beauty, only for it to be stolen and destroyed the next day? Could you imagine trying to raise your children, plant your fields, or go to work, all the while knowing that at any moment, all of it could be taken away? This was what broke Nehemiahs heart. God’s people had lost their hope.
Does it break your heart to see people with broken walls? Does it break your heart to see people with no hope? Does it break your heart to watch the news and see a world where the enemy is preying on the vulnerable and exploiting the hopeless? If your heart is not broken by brokenness of the world, maybe your wall is the one that has been broken.
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