Ezekiel 42:20 English Standard Version (ESV) He measured it on the four sides. It had a wall around it, 500 cubits long and 500 cubits broad, to make a separation between the holy and the common.
We will find that the scriptures will often speak to issues that are part of our personal experience. If we want to talk about those walls coming down in our tale of our kitchen yesterday, here is a verse that talks directly to the issue of walls being an obstacle that separate us.
The vision from Ezekiel concerned a new temple that has not been built.
Ezekiel 40:4 English Standard Version (ESV) And the man said to me, “Son of man, look with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I shall show you, for you were brought here in order that I might show it to you. Declare all that you see to the house of Israel.”
While the words of his prophecy were meant for Israel, they contain truths meant for all of us.
When we put up walls they separate us in ways that hinder communion and communication.
God saw to it that my wife and I could have open lines of communication in our home. That is not to say that we haven’t put up walls in our hearts that become barriers to open communication.
That is a common thing and not holy. A marriage is a holy covenant between a man and wife. Keeping that covenant is important. Keeping those walls down is important.
Walls indicate there is a lack of trust and when we cannot trust each other we lose the ability to help one another as God intended. We were put together to be helpmates.
What those walls consist of is a very personal matter. Going into any kind of detail about what those things might be would create a list that might not include the ones for a reader. That might lead to ignoring theirs because it is not on the list.
Any wall is a barrier to communion and what it is made of is irrelevant to the damage it does in a relationship. We all have to look within ourselves and be honest about our trust issues and the love that we have for one another.
We may hide the wall but trust is damaged and when that is true then how we love one another is affected. That will be felt and no amount of hiding is going to change that.
Tear down the walls to regain the trust.