The six principles of building from Nehemiah 3
Nehemiah came on the scene approximately 90 years after Zerubbabel brought the first group of exiles out of Babylon. During those years the temple had been rebuilt and worship was re-established. Hostile forces were many, and the city and the temple was left unprotected. Nehemiah’s commission from the Lord and from the king was to rebuild the walls. Building requires vision and planning. The vision God gives must be completed regardless of the cost and sacrifice and opposition that may be encountered. Building requires cooperation, concentration and determination.
Nehemiah means “the comfort of God” or “the consolations of God.” It is taken from a word meaning “to breathe strongly”, “to console.” It is also taken from the word “Jah”, one of the Lord’s names. Putting it all together Nehemiah’s name means, “the consoling breath of the Spirit of God.” Nehemiah became a type of the Holy Spirit in His ministry as one who restores, rebuilds, revives, and protects.
Rebuilding requires research, careful planning, and communication.
Communication comes after the research and the survey of what needs to be done. When Nehemiah had all the facts, he called an assembly. He informed the people, “We are in distress and in reproach.” (Neh. 2:17) Then he says, “Come and let us build.” The people were informed of God’s hand upon Nehemiah for this specific task. He was calling for full cooperation and unity. One of the greatest menaces to revival and rebuilding is the refusal to cooperate with the vision God gave. Nehemiah was able to inspire faith, because the people said, “Let us arise and build.” Impossibilities now became possibilities. He pointed the people away from fear to “Yes, we can.” Sanballat and his friends began to laugh and ridicule and accuse. This is a predictable method of Satanic opposition. Nehemiah told the opposition, “We will build; God will help us.” Nehemiah avoided the fear and the anxiety and the failure syndromes. Continue reading We Will Arise and Build
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