Hi Brian!


The word for today had me puzzled for awhile! It is "synapse"! It isn't anywhere in the Bible, but the concept is. The dictionary definition, according to Merriam-Webster's online dictionary is:A synapse is the tiny gap across which nerve impulses pass from one neuron (nerve cell) to the next.


As you can see, this was a little puzzling until the Holy Spirit gave me the Scripture reference!  Ezekiel 22:30:


30 I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.


To "stand" is the Hebrew word "`amad", which, according to Brown-Driver-Briggs) means: to remain, to endure, to take one's stand, to present oneself, to become a servant of. God was looking for someone who was able stand in that gap and make a hedge of protection from the enemy. I found this in the Bible Exposition Commentary:

A disappointing people (Ezek 22:30-31). God searched among His people for one person in authority who would stand in the gap so that the enemy wouldn't penetrate the wall and invade the city, but He found none. 

And also this:

The Lord is still seeking men and women who will take their stand for the moral law of God, stand in the gap at the wall, and confront the enemy with God's help. As you read history, you meet godly men and women who had the courage to resist the popular evils of their day and dare to expose the breaks in the wall and seek to mend them. The Lord is looking for intercessors (Isa 59:1-4,16) who will cry out to God for mercy and for a return to holiness.

As born again believers, we are the ones to stand in the gap and pray and intercede for those who are unsaved or those believers who are in need. You do this every day as a husband and father! When you seek God for direction for your family and pray His Word over them for protection, provision and safety, then you ARE the "synapse" that causes His power to reach your family! God delights in intercessors because they put the needs of others before themselves. Keep up the good work, mighty man of God! He IS well pleased!

Here is an old Hillsong song called "Touching Heaven, Changing Earth":

Shalom in Him!