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2026年8月11日｜尼希米记灵修

经文

「然而，我们祷告我们的神，又因他们的缘故，就派人看守，昼夜防备。」
——尼希米记 4:9

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一台电脑，看起来完全正常。

屏幕亮着，程序照常运行，文件也都还在。

但如果防火墙失效了，一个看不见的漏洞，就可能让病毒悄悄进入。

很多时候，真正危险的不是电脑已经坏了，

而是——入口失守了。

《尼希米记》里的耶路撒冷也是如此。

城还在那里，百姓也还在那里，但城墙已经拆毁，城门被火焚烧。

问题不只是「墙不好看了」，而是整座城失去了保护。

破口一旦出现，敌人就有机会进来。

所以尼希米回到耶路撒冷后，没有只感叹过去的废墟，而是开始一段一段重建城墙，一扇一扇修复城门。

更特别的是，当仇敌开始威胁他们时，尼希米说：

「我们祷告我们的神……又派人看守，昼夜防备。」

一边祷告，一边守望。

一边建造，一边防备。

这就像为整座耶路撒冷重新建立一道「防火墙」。

城墙保护城市，
城门管理出入，
守望者监察危险，
破口必须及时修补。

生命也是一样。

每天都有无数东西想要进入心里——

一句负面的话，
一个错误的思想，
一段不断观看的内容，
一种慢慢习惯的价值观，
甚至一个长期没有处理的情绪。

刚开始可能只是一个很小的「破口」。

但小小的破口，如果一直不修补，就可能成为更大的入口。

所以《尼希米记》提醒我们：

不要只注意生命里面发生了什么，也要注意每天让什么进入生命。

眼睛是一道门，
耳朵是一道门，
思想是一道门，
心更是一座需要守护的城。

真正的防火墙，不是什么都拒绝，而是懂得分辨：

什么可以进来，
什么必须挡在外面；
什么值得留下，
什么必须及时清除。

尼希米没有因为城墙倒塌，就放弃耶路撒冷。

他做了一件事：

找到破口，重新建造。

今天，也可以检查生命的城墙。

哪里出现了破口？
哪一道门需要重新看守？
哪一段城墙需要重新建立？

祷告，也守望；
信靠，也警醒；
建造，也防守。

因为一座被守护的城，

才能安心地继续建造。

Is Your Firewall Still Up?

August 11, 2026 | A Devotional from Nehemiah

Scripture

“But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat.”
—Nehemiah 4:9

Devotional Reflection

A computer can look perfectly normal.

The screen is on, programs are running as usual, and all the files are still there.

But if the firewall fails, an unseen vulnerability can allow a virus to slip in quietly.

Often, the real danger is not that the computer has already broken down,

but that—the entrance has been left unguarded.

Jerusalem in the book of Nehemiah was much the same.

The city was still there, and the people were still there, but the walls had been broken down and the gates burned with fire.

The problem was not simply that “the walls looked bad.” The entire city had lost its protection.

Once a breach appears, the enemy has an opportunity to enter.

So when Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem, he did not merely lament the ruins of the past. He began rebuilding the wall section by section and repairing the gates one by one.

Even more significantly, when their enemies began threatening them, Nehemiah said:

“We prayed to our God…and posted a guard day and night.”

They prayed while keeping watch.

They built while staying on guard.

It was like rebuilding a “firewall” around the whole city of Jerusalem.

The walls protected the city,
the gates controlled what came in and went out,
the watchmen kept alert for danger,
and every breach had to be repaired promptly.

Life is much the same.

Every day, countless things try to enter the heart—

a negative word,
a wrong thought,
content we keep watching,
values we gradually become accustomed to,
or even an emotion that has remained unresolved for a long time.

At first, it may seem like only a small “breach.”

But if a small breach is left unrepaired, it can eventually become a much larger opening.

So the book of Nehemiah reminds us:

Do not only pay attention to what is happening inside your life; pay attention also to what you allow into your life each day.

The eyes are a gate,
the ears are a gate,
the mind is a gate,
and the heart is a city that needs to be guarded.

A true firewall does not reject everything. It knows how to discern:

what should be allowed in,
what must be kept outside;
what is worth keeping,
and what must be cleared away promptly.

Nehemiah did not give up on Jerusalem because its walls had fallen.

He did one thing:

He found the breaches and began rebuilding.

Today, we too can examine the walls of our lives.

Where has a breach appeared?
Which gate needs to be guarded again?
Which section of the wall needs to be rebuilt?

Pray, and also keep watch;
trust, and also stay alert;
build, and also guard.

Because only a city that is well guarded

can continue building with confidence.