Walls.

Considered by the military as the first line of defence. For one thing, there is no historical fact on who created the first walls. Seemingly, its our own nature to mark borders, draw lines, and build walls.

In a nutshell, walls are created to protect, a fortification of sorts. A basic defensive wall formation would incorporate towers, the walls, and a gate. Towers are used as lookouts to know as-a-matter-of-factly, what was going on, on the other side of the wall. The gate is the entrance, normally extremely well guarded and whatever that is passing through will be noted.

Now we look at the walls which we, in our hearts, have built up. To protect us from the hate, nonsense and things which we dislike or dispise. Sometimes we don't know how large and thick we have built up the walls around our lives.

Lets take Paul for an example. He was having an extremely fun time persecuting the Christians back then. Grounded in the "Word" and the teachings of the Pharisees, the walls he built himself were massive and solid. Until God's grace touched him, and the walls around his heart crumbled like Jericho's. Leaving him defenseless and completely vunerable, God stepped in. From that moment, he was turned upside down as God cleaned him out and set him back on track. But, it was Paul's commitment to allow himself to stay vulnerable until the day he died.

We may not see it. But it is there.
It starts small...



Then as we are pressured, we build them higher...


More massive...


and complex..


Until, we're so "perfected", in this sense, that we're secure knowing, filtering and making sure that anything that comes in would not hurt us. Now heres the thing, if you want God's awesomeness in your life. Those walls will have to fall, the choice is yours.