Wailing Wall, Prayers and Twitter
For years many people have placing their prayer request through the cracks in the “Wailing Wall” in Jerusalem. This wall is located in East Jerusalem and is believed to be Western Wall of the Second Temple. For many devout Jews this is an important place to come and pray. They believe the presence of God has never left this wall. In 2009, Alon Nil launched a free service allowing people around the world to send their prayer request in using Twitter. Once the requests are received they are printed and taken to the wall. This caught on and now Alon needs many people to help him take all the prayer requests in for him.
As I read this story, I cannot help but think of 1 Timothy 2:5-6, “For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.” Clearly as believers in Christ we see there is no need for a “wall” or a person directing our prayers to God. Instead we rely on Jesus. He mediates. He works on our behalf. As believers in Christ we have Christ, we have access to the Father through the Son.
My heart aches when I hear stories like this one. Many people placing their trust, their hope, their faith in a wall. Placing their hope that God will hear their prayers and answer their prayers because they went to a certain wall to pray. Alon Nil was quoted in an article in response to people being unhappy about not having their prayer request answered, ““Take it up with the Big Guy upstairs…we’re just the middlemen!” No Alon, you are not the middle man. I am not the middle man. Jesus is my intercessor with the Father! Jesus is all that I need!
Have a great day!
Pastor Lee