Don’t Just Build the Wall, Be the Wall

Throughout 2020, I spent a considerable amount of time speaking and sharing the prophetic word that God had shared with me regarding it being the season for building. In truth, this has been a time where those who are especially gifted or anointed for the task of the building are rising up with a special ability to build. This is also supposed to be a special time for God’s people. I am confident that God wants His people most of all to be the builders. He has anointed many as apostles who have an ability for strategy, for framing, for seeing how the systems and structures need to be ordered for functionality. There are many who have an apostolic anointing that is not just for establishing but even more so to pioneer the new, and some to innovate.

In spite of all this, it is not enough just to build “ministry” but to build people. We are in the midst of a cultural shift that is seeing a great erosion. If you understand the purpose of walls, they serve the function of both protection and defense. I shared much during 2020 regarding foundations. However, walls are vitally important as well. Walls establish boundaries and they determine what should be inside and what should remain outside.

However, it is an interesting thing that God began speaking to me recently that it is not enough to build walls in this season. God wants to build His people to become walls. If walls, as I have stated are for defense and protection, then His body, His Ekklesia must become the wall of defense and protection for a nation that in many ways does not even realize it has need of. Yet, becoming a wall will require some things of His people that must be accepted. His Church must accept that becoming the wall will require risk, courage, and resilience.

Requires Risk

First, becoming the wall requires risk because being a wall means taking the brunt of abuse from outside forces. Whether you’re talking about storms, winds, or some blunt object, you have to have the strength and stamina to stand. For too long the Body has been either too comfortable, complacent, or complicit with the systems of this world. The things that worked for the world were adapted into the things of the Church and has made Her less impactful and with virtually no influence even on the mountain of religion, let alone the other six.

Requires Courage

Next, becoming the wall requires the courage to remain vigilant as an army of prophetic voices. The ability to speak out even under threat must become the call of the day, as so much now is at stake. When Elijah came face to face with the prophets of Baal, it was at a time when he was facing great opposition from both King Ahab and Jezebel. Elijah had to boldly put the prophets of Baal on blast and call the nation to attention to whom they should be serving. When he finished, the prophets of Baal were slaughtered and Jezebel was enraged, seeking to end him. However, his courage ensured the heart of a nation towards serving God (see 1 Kings 18).

Requires Resilience

Finally, becoming the wall will require resilience. Make no mistake, walls face a lot of pressures and take a lot of beatings. If physical walls have to be built to withstand certain forces or to hold back things that could be a danger to whatever is on the other side, then the Church must be just as resilient to withstand the forces that seek to erode at the very fabric of the nations.

The prophetic destiny of a nation hangs in the balance of a prophetic people to recognize who they are and what they must do at this critical juncture. 2021 is poised to be a pivotal year. How the Ekklesia responds in the coming days will reveal much regarding whether nations rise or fall. In the days of Nehemiah, his desire was to restore walls. It is my firm belief that in the days ahead, the Ekklesia must be the walls. May we have all that is necessary to be what the days ahead call for.