In ancient China, the people desired security from the barbaric tribes to the north. So they built the Great Wall of China. It was too high to climb over, too thick to break down, and too long to go around. Security was achieved or so it seemed. The only problem was that during the first hundred years of the wall’s existence, China was invaded three times. Was the wall a failure? Not really – for not once did barbarians climb over the wall, break it down, or go around it.
How then did they get into China? The answer lies in human nature. They simply bribed a gatekeeper and then marched right in through a gate. The fatal flaw in the Chinese defense was placing too much reliance on a wall and not putting enough effort into building character into the gatekeeper.
“The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out.” (Proverbs 10:9)
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