Ezekiel 22:30
And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
Men mind the gap. They stand between their beloved and the danger that comes against it. The sign of his love is his willingness to endure difficulties in the place of his beloved. Christ stood between the wrath of God and mankind in order to save men and honor God's wrath. He did not dodge God's wrath. He accepted it as just. He did not excuse men, He stood in the gap for them. He bore their sins and took upon Himself our punishment. He did not try to deny their deserving it, but accepted it and received it as His own.
Good and godly men are not above being shields. They protect by being abused. They intercede by being demeaned. They shelter by being exposed. They comfort by being crushed. They provide by being spent. They save by being sacrificed. This is Biblical masculinity in its glory.
May God not look down and find this kind of man lacking. May He see us embracing the high calling of manliness and many standing in the gap on behalf of their respective beloveds.
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