26/07/2026
SUNDAY SERVICE //26-07-2026
SPEAKER : REV. JOHNSON MAINA
Key verse - Ezekiel 22:30
Ezekiel 22:30 - I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one.
Context
🤝 The Wall:- Ancient cities used high stone walls for safety. A gap or break in the wall meant the enemy could get inside and destroy the city.
🤝 Standing in the Gap:- This means stepping forward to protect and defend the people. It describes a person praying or interceding to ask God for mercy instead of punishment.
🤝 The Problem:- God looked for a righteous person to intercede for the nation of Israel, but the leaders, prophets, and people were full of sin, dishonesty, and injustice—and no one stepped up.
Isaiah 6:8 is a Bible verse where God asks for a messenger, and the prophet Isaiah answers, "Here am I. Send me!"
🫴Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 'Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?' And I said, 'Here am I. Send me!
👉Let us be people who are able to stand in the gap for others and by doing this God will bless us.
👉Another good example is Queen Esther who stood in the gap by risking her life to approach King Xerxes uninvited, fasting for three days with her people, and interceding to save the Jewish nation from Haman's death plot.
👉 In Mark 14:3-9, a woman "stands in the gap" of history and devotion by offering an expensive perfume to Jesus, facing harsh judgment from onlookers who claim it is a waste. Jesus defends her act, stating she prepared His body for burial and did what she could before His death.
👉 Nehemiah chapter 1 shows standing in the gap through deep grief, honest confession, and urgent prayer. Nehemiah hears about the broken walls of Jerusalem, weeps for his people, and takes their burden directly to God.
Nehemiah learns his people are in great distress and the city walls are broken. He lets their hurt become his own burden instead of ignoring it. He sits down, weeps, fasts, and prays to God for days.
He does not blame others. He humbly groups himself with the wrong choices of his nation, admitting they turned away from GOD. He reminds God of the promises made to Moses, trusting in mercy and faithfulness.
