Zechariah 2:5 ‘For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.’

DAILY READING – 2 Corinthians 5; 2 Kings 18; Micah 7

‘Guiding Hand’ is a book by the well known author Horace L. Hastings. In it he records this remarkable story of God’s divine protection.

In 1812, the French leader Napoleon Bonaparte sent an army of about 650,000 soldiers to invade Russia. But Napoleon’s army failed to conquer Russia for several reasons, including faulty logistics, disease and bad weather. Frustrated over their failure, as the French army retreated from Moscow, they unleashed a trail of terror on the villages they passed through.
In one of the village exactly in the course of the retreating army, was a poor woman that had an invalid son. As reports of the approaching violent army reached their village, the people were terrified and fled en masse until the village was deserted except for the family with the invalid boy. The boy urged his mother to leave him to his fate and leave with his sisters. But his mother assured him that God would be their refuge and build them a sure wall of defense.
That night snow began to fall and through the night it collected rapidly. A stormy wind blew the snow into drifts against the low roof of their cottage. By the morning they woke up to find that a heavy barricade of snow had entirely almost shielded their house like a protective wall that concealed it from immediate sight.
It was during this time that the dreaded retreating soldiers passed through their village, destroying, ransacking and carting away valuables.
But the low-roofed cottage, where the crippled boy and his family stayed remained unseen to them, sheltered beneath its wall of snow.
Just as the mother had said, indeed a “sure wall” had been built for their defense.

When the angel of death passed through Egypt, God built a wall of defense around His people with the blood of the lamb. While the plague raged in Egypt, God kept His people safe under the covering of the blood. .
Today, as news of terror rages through the earth in the form of banditry, kidnappings, killings, robberies etc, we need not be afraid. God has built a spiritual wall of defense around us through the Blood of Jesus.
Truly God is committed to the protection of His people.
The Blood of Jesus is our spiritual ‘sure wall’ that defends us from every passing scourge and rampage of evil.
The Blood continually surrounds us and speaks over our lives, ‘Touch not My anointed’ to every passing plague.
The mark of the Blood, identifies us as Blood-washed and Blood-bought. It shows that we belong to the One who was wounded for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities. Therefore by His Blood, we have been made untouchable.
Indeed the Blood is our stronghold in battles and God’s protective wall of fire around us and our families.

In Zechariah 2:5 God says ‘For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.’

The Blood of Jesus is our divine seal that makes our lives inaccessible to the forces of wickedness.
The only way a believer can be afflicted is if he steps outside of the hedge of the protection of the Blood. This is why we are counseled by Scriptures not to break the hedge through sin. Certainly as we maintain purity and holiness through a spiritually fervent lifestyle of prayers, study of the Word and praise, we will abide under divine cover.
As we daily plead the Blood, our household will be protected from afflictions, harm and evil occurrences.
Bloodthirsty men and workers of iniquity will be blinded from seeing us. No assassin’s bullet can locate us. Rather than become victims we will be more than conquerors in every situation. We shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day [Psalm 91:4].
Truly by the power in the Blood, no weapon formed against us shall ever prosper.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You that by the Blood of Jesus I am shielded and protected from every arrow of the wicked. Thank You Lord for the constant shield of the Blood around me and my family now and always in Jesus Name.
QUOTE:
The truth of God’s Word in the life of a believer is always reflective, the results can never be hidden. – WORDBITE 222.