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But it as villages without walls because of the multitude of people and livestock and it's just a picture of God's blessing and then in verse five God says I will be to her to Jerusalem to my people in Jerusalem a wall of fire all around and I will be the glory in her midst God says what a picture of God saying to his people I am your protector

I am your provider I am watching out for you I'm setting a wall of fire around you and my glory will be among you obviously there was direct application of this word to God's people in Zechariah chapter two at the same time as we talked about these are promises that we see for all of God's people in the new testament under the new covenant under the

leader Jesus his glory dwelling in us our bodies a temple of the Holy Spirit and he has promised as our father as our king as our savior as our deliverer to be our protector so picture the imagery around you today and live in light of this reality God is a wall of fire all around you amidst all

kinds of spiritual warfare I just think about different challenges in my own life and family and church and in the world and had numerous conversations recently just about the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realm spiritual warfare at work all around me all around you and to know that our God is a wall of fire around us and his glory is in us first John greater is he who is in you

feel this right now greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world so God help us to live in light of this reality we praise you for this reality we praise you for being a wall of fire around your people we praise you as our protector is our protector against sin and temptation our protector against all the spiritual forces of evil that work for our destruction that work to pull us away from you

in the life that you've created us to live we praise you as our protector and we pray for your protection today we pray that your wall of fire around us would guard us guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus guide us lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil and may we live all day long with your glory in our midst realizing we are the temple of your Holy Spirit

and God as we pray this as your people think about Zechariah chapter 2 10 and 11 a few verses after this talks about how you will come and dwell in the midst of your people and many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day and shall be my people God bring about we pray bring your glory into the midst of the

Achenese people of Indonesia 4 million of them very few followers of Jesus in Ache

God we pray for this Muslim people group for the Achenese of Indonesia to hear the good news of your grace your love that you are their deliverer

Savior protector Jesus and we pray that you would cause disciples to be made and churches to be multiplied

among the Achenese of Indonesia cause people to go with the gospel there Indonesian Christians and Christians from all over

the world to spread the gospel to the Achenese that your glory might be in their midst and you might be a wall of fire

all around Achenese brothers and sisters sons and daughters in your kingdom we pray all of this in light of your word

and Zechariah chapter 2 in Jesus name amen