Verse of the Week: “In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: ‘We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks.” (Isaiah 26:1)
Truth of the Week: As a culture, we have become quite proficient at “setting boundaries” and erecting barriers in an attempt to guard our hearts from being hurt or taken advantage of. We excel at wearing masks and are experts in concealing our innermost selves, especially those areas that feel the most vulnerable. We don’t want to be wounded or disappointed, so we do whatever it takes to protect ourselves. We have indeed mastered the fine art of wall building. The sad irony is that the very walls we build to keep us safe, end up enslaving us and blocking us from the intimacy that we long for – intimacy with God and with others.
Rather than work so hard to protect ourselves (and I’m talking to my own heart here), why not labor to entrust ourselves to the God who is more than able and more than willing to stand sentry over our lives? Why not allow God to be our “wall of protection?”
When we come to the point where we can say with confidence that God is for us, and know with certainty that He will not withhold good from His children, and believe whole-heartedly that anything that touches our heart must first pass through His hands, then we are truly on the path to freedom and the road to greater richness of relationship.
Quote of the Week: “The true story of every person in this world is not the story you see, the external story. The true story of each person is the journey of his or her heart.” (Curtis and Eldredge, The Sacred Romance)
