Why is Blog called 'repairing the breach in the wall'?

Hey guys, thanks for all the feedback and encouragement from the last blog. I wanted to explain the name of my blog and why it is named “repairing the breach in the wall”.

Men are like a wall to those whom God has entrusted to them (wives, children, congregations, companies, states, countries, etc….). God has given Men the role of protector and provider.

“I myself will be a wall of fire around it, declares the Lord” Zec 2:5 speaking of his heart for Jerusalem. King David encouraging his subjects “His (God’s) faithfulness will be your shield and rampart” Ps 91:4b. FYI a rampart is a military term meaning “an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes.”

Men reflect the fierceness and strength of God in order to fulfill our role to protect and provide. You got to love CS Lewis’ portrait of Aslan “Is he safe? Oh No He isn’t’ safe but He is good”.

Men provide an atmosphere of safety within the confines of their provision. As a wall around a city creates an atmosphere of freedom and peace, so Men who fully walk in their God given role provide that for those entrusted to them.

As a wall, Men protect from satanic invaders and barbarians. I’ll refer to barbarians as George Gilder did in his excellent book “Men and Marriage”. In a nutshell, barbarians are men who are not tied to any families thus they have nothing to personally lose and only booty to gain. They use their God given strength to rape and pillage. They have nothing to protect so they only destroy. Married men with something to protect are to defend what is theirs from barbarians. I could write a lot here but I’ll refrain. In a modern context think of media producers, musical seducers, pretty boys on parade, drug dealing/ gun slinging barbarians, etc… you get the idea.

Now I get to the meat. The breach in the wall is sin, usually secret sin in a man’s life. It could be obvious sin like masturbating to pornography, sleeping around, using physical strength to intimidate the weak, etc... Look at Gal 5:19 if you need a list of obvious sins.
Or more subtle sins like being acquiescent and surrendering the role God has given you to woman because of fear of women. Why has “no more Christian nice guy” book been flying off the book selves (hmmmmm)?

Now the breach could have been caused by your father’s sin, like a shoe through drywall or bat through a window. Either way, the affect of a breach is the same.

A breach is an opportunity for the enemy to gain access to you and to those behind the wall. Can you say “generational sins”? Generational sins are nothing more than men in your ancestry who never repaired the breach in their own walls. Who never faced the ugly truth and sought repair no matter the cost, yes even to their “reputation” or “I can do this on my own” mentality.

Do you think those entrusted to a man with a broken wall, feel protected and provided for? I expect they learn pretty quick to not depend on this broken wall and start defending them selves. So how well did Eve do defending her self against satanic lies? How well did you defend your self against the peer pressure when you had no one to lean for strength but yourself? Hmmm. I know I did not fair too well at all. But there is hope!!

Through this small way, (i.e. blog) I want to start to help men recognize that because of the role God has given them, their sins and/or their wounds will impact others. It creates or created the breach. My desire is to help men repair the breach, regain their strength and start to kick the devil in the teeth, literally.

Isaiah 58:12b You will raise up the age-old foundations; (Godly Masculinity)
And you will be called the repairer of the breach, (Protection)
The restorer of the streets in which to dwell. (Provision)

The age-old foundations are He created them male and female. Godly masculinity need to be raised up. Repairer is fixing the broken down protection. The restorer is fixing the atmosphere within the walls.

You may ask, OK I get it but ‘How’? Stay tuned.