Proverbs 25:28

"He that has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls".

Have you ever pictured in your mind a city without walls?, It's terrible; you might not know why I said it's terrible but very soon I will be relating to you why a city without walls or a city with broken walls is terrible;

A City's Wall

For centuries now, every strong city had a wall. Not just a wall, but a solid and well fortified wall. These walls were built in such way that an enemy finds it difficult to penetrate them, at most cases impossible. Lets take some insight into what George S. Clason in his book the richest man in Babylon says about the wall of Babylon;

One of the outstanding wonders of Babylon was the immense walls surrounding the city. The ancients ranked them with the great pyramid of Egypt as belonging to the "seven wonders of the world." Queen Semiramis is credited with having erected the first walls during the early history of the city. Modern excavators have been unable to find any trace of the original walls. Nor is their exact height known. From mention made by early writers, it is estimated they were about fifty to sixty feet high, faced on the outer side with burnt brick and further protected by a deep moat of water.
.............The height and length of these later walls staggers belief. They are reported upon reliable authority to have been about one hundred and sixty feet high, the equivalent of the height of a modern fifteen story office building. The total length is estimated as between nine and eleven miles. So wide was the top that a six-horse chariot could be driven around them.

Following what George says about the walls of Babylon, it is startling, it is unbelievable that a wall could be as high as a fifteen story building, wide to the extent that six-horse chariot could comfortably ride on it and as long as nine to eleven miles. That is a wonderful architectural masterpiece. But why wassuch effort be invested in building a wall as sophisticated as this? There is just one answer I can derive for now and that is for protection

In times past these ancient cities experienced attacks from neighboring cities. These invaders are most times ruthless and would carry many captives as slaves, spoil the city and abandon it in a state of ruin. In order to stay protected these kind of walls are built as a source of defense against such enemies.

These wall are not just built, but they are heavily fortified with bow men, fire balls, caldrons of burning oil, spear men and various other armor to be used against the enemy.

The 'Un-walled' Man; The Man without self control

God relates the man who has no rule over his spirit as a city without walls for protection. Imagine that Babylon has been without walls against it's enemies; there would always be an unhindered entrance by it's enemy to destroy and rob the city of its glory and splendor. Self control is a strong, solid and fortified wall that protects a man from the enemies that comes to destroy his soul.A man without self control acts before thinking, he is prone to making irreversible mistakes in life, this man allows whatever urge or desire to sit enthroned in his heart and dominate his life without thorough scrutiny. It is very sad to note that without control over self, one would always act outside of the direction of God's Holy Spirit. Remember Self leads to death. Just as a city without wall is prone to the enemies attack, so is a man without self control prone to the attack of sin and its lusts; leading to his destruction.

The ability to control oneself in every situation and temptations of life is a virtue to be acquired at all cost. Those with this virtue think before acting, they rarely make mistakes and at most cases they are protected from those destructive influence that are paramount in our world today. So today start taking full control over your spirit by the power of God. Don't leave your life 'un-walled' because it will cost you more than you bargained for.

Shininglight...dispelling ignorance

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