*"The people of ancient china sought security from the barbaric hordes that swept down from the north, so they erected the Great Wall of China. The massive wall stretched for 1,500 miles.
It was 12 to 40 feet wide and 20 to 50 feet high. The wall was too high for the enemy to scale, too thick to tear down, and too long to go around. Yet during the first 100 years of the wall's existence, China was invaded three times. How was the security breached? The enemies simply bribed a gatekeeper, and then marched easily through the gate. The fatal flaw in China's defense lay in spending its wealth to build a wall, but paying much less to build the character of the gatekeepers."
It is the character of our citizens that is the key to our security.
What we value most of all that counts. When sin is dominant in our society, it is a reproach, it is a path to destruction, and the judgment of God. On the other hand, when righteousness prevails, it exalts us to a place of peace, security, and possibility.
A bigger defense system won't ultimately protect our nation.
But we can contribute to her security, by being "Blameless and harmless,...without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation." (Philippians 2:15) GP
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* Our Daily Bread/Radio Bible Class/ February 1,1997