Psalm 46:1 says, “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Isaiah 7:6 lets us overhear the adversaries conversation. It says, “Let us go up against Judah and trouble it, and let us make a gap in its wall for ourselves, and set a king over them…”

A gap starts out with a little hole in the protective hedge around a vineyard. Song of Solomon 2:15 says, “Catch us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines, for our vines have tender grapes.”

How did the foxes get in? One critter made the first hole. Another critter a little bigger squeezed through. What is the first ‘critter’ in our heart that makes a gap? Unforgiveness. Then as we secretly dialogue against the one who hurt us, the gap gets bigger.

Yet, God has His way. The moment we are hurt, offended, slighted, or rejected, if we turn to Him the gap will be closed.