Standing in the Gap

“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” (Ezekiel 22:30, NIV).

The phrase “standing in the gap” is often tossed around in Christian circles and, at least anecdotally, extended as an invitation to that gathered body of believers. Would one of us step up and answer God’s call to stand with Him for truth and grace and against sin? In the contexts I’ve encountered these words—calls to missions, to advocacy efforts or to local service—that which we are purporting to stand in the gap against was external to us. That is, we stand in the gap against false teachings, against complacency, against a world where people continue to live in darkness.

Those are all admirable (and important) things to stand against.

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