Wall of Fire

I MYSELF WILL BE A WALL OF FIRE AROUND IT, DECLARES THE LORD, AND I WILL BE ITS GLORY WITHIN Zecariah 2.5.

It is good practice for us, believers, to read and learn by heart good prayers and wonderful promises of God from the Bible and use it in our own prayers. Our vocabulary in prayer will enlarge and our ‘influence on God’ in prayer will increase, if I may reverently say so. God upholds His own Word in great honour. He will not let it fall on the ground or out of our mouth without accomplishing His purposes and fulfilling His promises (Isa 55.11).

I have heard my father praying such lofty prayers that were saturated with the Word of God that amazed us. Sometimes we are tempted to take pride in our proficiency in prayer. That is a snare to any saint. But the devout believer, learning and meditating on God’s holy Word, when he pours it out in the sacred presence of the Almighty, His eyes will be opened and His ears will be attentive to him and even the angels will stand in awe! Amazing answers will come from heaven that will delight us and startle the unbelieving world!

We have all claimed today’s promise in our private prayers and used it in our church petitions, “Lord! be a wall of fire all around us and let Your glory shine in our midst!” A little child or one young in faith may say the same thing in such simple words as, “Lord, be with us and keep us safe!” Surely, the Lord will hear that simple cry. But if we do not expect our educated adults and graduates from the universities to speak like a child, why should we continue to be babes in prayer before our exalted God Almighty, seated in His throne in heaven, listening to us? However, you should never be like the Pharisee and boast before God!

The writer of the Hebrews admonished the believers, “In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God's word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!….. Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity” (Heb 5.12-6.1).

Dear believer, why not take time and study God’s Word to show yourself approved unto God. Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth (2 Tim 2.15). You will please God!

Pray and practise with me: Dear Lord, keep Your promise to me, “I, the Lord, will be a wall of fire all around you, and I will be the glory in your midst”. Amen.