As an eleven-year-old, I didn’t understand what I was watching in November 1989. I saw crowds of people standing around and on a wall. They cheered as they chipped away at it with hammers and pickaxes. Then a big chunk of it fell to the ground. I remember how excited a TV announcer was in a commercial later on. He was selling pieces of the Berlin Wall.
But I didn’t know the history or the tension that wall represented. So, the joy of destroying such a powerful symbol of division went over my head. It doesn’t anymore. The Berlin Wall was more than just concrete. It stood for years of hostility, separation, and fear. When it came down, people celebrated freedom, unity, and the hope of something better.
That’s the same kind of hope scripture points to in Ephesians 2. Jesus tore down the wall of hostility between Jews and Gentiles, making peace where there had been only division.
Unfortunately, we’re still surrounded by walls today. Walls stand between races, classes, political camps and even pews. But Christ didn’t just tear down spiritual walls; he calls us to keep swinging our hammers of love, mercy, and justice in real, practical ways.
Pay attention to the walls around you today. You might be surprised at who’s on the other side of a wall you didn’t even know existed. What bias, fear, or even long-held tradition has kept you from crossing over and making peace? Ask God to show you one wall you can help bring down today. Maybe you can do that through a conversation, an apology, or even a simple invitation. 
It took a lot of chipping away to bring down the Berlin Wall. And it cost Jesus his life to break down the walls between us.
Since Christ is our peace, let’s live like it, tear down those walls and rejoice.
Stay blessed...john | 
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