Monday the 18th

I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before Me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none. - Ezekiel 22:30

 

 

Praying is a huge part of standing in the gap, but God is not asking us to kneel in the gap, he is asking us to stand in it. TO compare it to what Christ did while He was on earth would give us a very good picture. Christ prayed for us all no doubt about it, but he lived for us. He spent time in prayer, then went out and lived that prayer. That is where we need to be, living a life standing in the gap. I hear more and more people say, “well I can’t really make a difference” or that the problem is too big, or they don’t have the resources…..reason after reason to not participate, choice after choice that keeps us on the edge of the gap looking down instead of down in the gap looking up! This hesitation is what keeps us form really getting neck deep in God, and good and covered up in the gap. Have you ever spent much time looking at a gap? Seldom is that gap even, or smooth. It has deep spots, it has shallow spots, and it is wide in the middle, then usually narrow towards the ends. Folks that gap is not a perfect gap, and we are not perfect people. If you find yourself looking at the gap and think that there is no way you can fill that spot…..well you are not looking at the right spot for you. By the same token, if you can fill the gap just by sticking a foot in…get out, you are standing in someone else’s spot! Each and everyone of us has a spot to fill, each and everyone of us has the opportunity to stand in the gap and fill that spot for someone else to get across. For some it might be a trip to a country far away, for others it might be a trip down to the shelter, for others it might be just a trip next door, but how we fill that gap, is how we live our life. Your life is the mortar that will hold you firm in the gap. So yes prayer is important, but the lives that we fashion will decide how our part of the gap is filled. How is your mortar? What have you used in the mix of your life? When people look at the life you lead, the time you spend, the sacrifices that you make for others, do they see a spot in the gap that can be crossed safely? The weight of the world crossed the gap on the back of Christ, that is some pretty strong mortar……..Will you work to fill your part of the gap?

 

Peace,

Brian