Watched Walls

A couple of scriptures have caught my attention lately and got me to thinking about the hedge of God’s protection in our lives. One is found in Isaiah 49. Looking at it today:

“But Zion said, ‘The Lord has forsaken me, And the Lord has forgotten me.’ Can a woman forget her nursing child and have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you. Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me” (vs. 14-16).

Zion, otherwise known as Jerusalem: here we have God’s assurance to His people that their walls of protection and security are always on His watch-list. His care is emphasized as He notes that His people are “inscribed…on the palms of My hands” – a picture of Christ. He loves us so much so that He has made a way through Christ for us to have assurance of our relationship with Him and of His care for us, that of a parent for a child. He continually watches over His people.

Without Him there is no true security in our walls. He causes our walls—mental, physical, moral, emotional, social, provisional, relational and spiritual—to stand against the enemies and against the storms of life that come against them. We as a nation seek to secure our borders from illegal intrusions by those who mean us harm. Only as God watches our walls, as a nation, a people, families, and personally, are we truly secure. It excites me that our walls are continually before Him.

God watches over His people for He cares for us. He promises that He will never leave nor forsake us. For this, we are grateful, and we have hope even in difficult days when life assails us and threatens to bring us down. Our walls are watched by God. He is our security. He is our hope. Trust in the Lord for He is near.

But what of times when it seems He is not? …