“And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brazen wall: and they shall fight against thee,but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee,saith the Lord”.
Jeremiah 15:20
Jeremiah. Pleaded with God for mercy and relief from his enemies, persecutors and slanderers. He complained that the people hated and cursed him for no reason. Lord called the prophet and asked him to stop his distrust and return to his work as the messenger of God.(Jeremiah 15:19 “ if you return to me I will restore you so you can continue to serve me. ………..you will be my spokesman. You must influence them do not let them influence you”.
If we are with God,and faithful to Him,He will deliver us from all the troubles or carry us through it. Many things appear frightening but it will not hurt a real believer in Christ. He will make us as secure as a fortified wall of bronze. The “ wall of bronze” refers that He will fill us with His strength, power and grace. He empowers us to take on forces much larger and more powerful.(Jeremiah 1:19,15:20)
All this happen when we take delight in His Word and constantly meditate on it.Bronze is a strong alloy of copper and tin. Lord promises in this verse that He will not only be a wall of fire, but He will make us fortified like a wall of bronze. “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”.
When the qualities of the Fruit of the Holy Spirit are in us,we become very strong like bronze. “ But the fruit of the Spirit is love,Joy,Peace, patience,kindness,goodness,faithfulness,gentleness and self control “. Galatians 5:22
We derive strength from all these qualities. Lord will build us brick by brick, with every word of His, that we imbibe and assimilate ,to become a wall of bronze.
His faithful servants are targets of many forces and agents of evil. We have to face many battles. This verse promises us that such forces or persons can’t prevail against us. As long as the Lord is with us as a mighty warrior we have external protection against the assaults of the roaring Lion. (1Peter 5:8)
The word will give us a sense of contentment. This is internal protection against lust,pride,power,fame and pleasures of life. We become joyful knowing how much Lord loves,protects and saves us. This makes us calm and become fearless of the enemies on both sides of the brozen wall—external enemies and internal enemies. The internal enemies rob us of our peace and external enemies threaten our very existence.Lord make us a brozen fenced wall against both internal and external enemies.so that We are victorious,peaceful,joyful,fruitful and secure.
Heavenly Father give us the grace to depend on you fully in all the circumstances.Make us a fortified brozen fenced wall and help us to be victorious always. In Jesus name I pray,
Amen
Sol. Gigi Jacob