RISE AND BUILD

RISE UP AND BUILD

Dear children of God let us rise and build what  God wants and expected from us to do. Whatever the circumstances may come and whatever  we may face, let us be strong and rise up and build. Nehemiah received the call of God about repairing the wall of Jerusalem. The Lord had sought out for Himself a man after His own heart. God will place His plans in the minds of spiritual leaders and reveal it to them.

Nehemiah was very concern about God’s people, God’s city, and God’s works. He was very sad and distress about the pathetic conditions of the God’s people and city. Nehemiah was a man of action. He had a great capacity to identify with the troubles of others and the ability to do something about their plight. He determined a plan to do God’s works in God’s way with God’s people. Nehemiah was sure that he would not be able to do the work alone so he mobilized people of various kind to attain the goal of repairing the wall as per the command of God.

Within 52 days he achieved a great task of building and repairing the wall of Jerusalem. I am doing God’s great work; so I could not come’ this was his challenging and encouraging words for God’s people and God’s servants. He was very strong and firm in his decision and God’s great works. He did not do any work with his own efforts and with the power of money and authorities; he did with the help of God. He encouraged God’s people about God’s hand was with him and with his people.   At the outset Nehemiah spoke to the Officials, Priests and Nobles. His belief   was that leadership had to be motivated and they need to be lifted in their spirit. He exhorted them; Let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem.”

 He did not talk to anyone about what God had put in his heart. Instead he did his homework, secretly at night; he made a survey of the damage and gathered full information. Nehemiah understood that the nobles had a very important role to play   in rebuilding wall. So he exhorted them as they stood together among the ruins.      Nehemiah knew the only way the walls could be built was by mobilising every man and woman and the child in the lead. He encouraged everyone to build the wall in front of their houses.

Nehemiah used the wisdom of God given to him to deal patiently through prayer. This made the enemies to realise that Nehemiah will complete the work with the help of God.    He did not compromise with the enemies and their plots. But he did not dismay or dis courage about the words of the enemies and their plots. He     boldly replied that “I am doing Great work of God, so I won’t come.  He made a covenant with people to follow God’s words and his promises.      He planned and arranged the God’s temple’s duties. When he finished the building of the wall of Jerusalem; he dedicated and consecrated the wall in the name of God, for the Glory of God.

Dear friends we are given responsibility to rise and build the families, societies, churches and governments which are ruin and destroyed. Like Nehemiah we need to bring reformers in families, societies, churches and governments. We must understand the God’s purpose and then motivate and encourage the leaders and the people to make a powerful force. This provides an inspiration about God’s work to accomplish through his people with oneness of heart and oneness of spirit. Nehemiah’s good experience demonstrates how believers accomplish seemingly impossible tasks if they do it together. Today are you ready to do the task of God with spirit of Nehemiah? If so, rise up and build the families, societies, churches and governments. Dear brothers and sisters, if you are blessed by this Nehemiah’s experience, then share with others and send a word to my email ID. revsjc@gmail.com.