Will You Stand in the Gap?

[God speaking through Ezekiel the prophet]
I looked for someone who might rebuild the wall of righteousness that guards the land. I searched for someone to stand in the gap in the wall so I wouldn’t have to destroy the land, but I found no one.

Ezekiel 22:30 NLT

A gap is not just a spot that needs a body in it to fill the space. In this case, a gap refers to the place where people are believing a lie, a place where satan has crept in and confused the people, and they turn from God. And in the verse following our promise for today, God's fury was poured out.

The Israelites faced it right after their exodus from Egypt. The psalmist tells us in Psalm 106:23, the Amplified, Therefore He said He would destroy them, [And He would have done so] had not Moses, His chosen one, stepped into the gap before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them. Moses stood in the gap and saved a nation from being annihilated.

Can you save yours? We may not be called to lead them out like Moses, but we ARE called to stand in the gap for our families and our churches. We may not be called to actually save the whole nation, but we are called to pray for those who rule over us. Will we choose to lay down our earthly pastimes to build the walls of righteousness within our homes? Our communities? Those that are fully within our sphere of influence? 

It's time. Will you stand in the gap?

Prayer:

Father,

           Strengthen our hearts to do the work You have set before us! Fill our hearts with Your love and compassion so that we are able to stand in the gap for others. Help us, Lord, to see where we should stand. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen