It was very appropriate and appreciable for David to pray this beautiful prayer “Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion build thou the walls of Jerusalem “(Psalms 51:18). God. Is well pleased when the walls of Jerusalem are built.. “Then shall thou be pleased” (Vs.19).
A crystal clear Christian life is possible only when an extremely thick wall of jasper is built all around our mind: then we will be able to say along with St. Paul-"The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds, casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalted itself against the knowledge of God and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ" (II Corinthians 10:4,5).
St.Paul who once said that he was the chiefesrt of sinners could bring into captivity every thought ( not just some thoughts) to the obedience of Christ by the grace of God. We have the mind of Christ.” he declares (1 corinthians 2:16). It gives us an encouragement to know that by the sovereign mercy of God we can bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. So that we may have the mind of Christ.
Let us ask the Lord to build the wall of Jerusalem around our mind. Nehemiah was not deterred by the efforts of the enemies to hinder the work of building the walls. “We made our prayer unto our God and set a watch against them day and night” he says (Nehemiah 4:9). Let us show such a strong determination to keep our mind’s crystal clear.
