shift. Chapters 1 & 2 are focused on Nehemiah & the vision that God gave him to go back to Jerusalem to rebuild the wall. However, in Chapter 3 the focus shifts dramatically away from Nehemiah & onto the people who got behind the vision & then got to work on the wall. The list of workers includes everyone from the priests & Levites, even the High Priest himself, to city officials, to perfume makers. The construction crew even included people who weren't from Jerusalem but who recognized that God was doing something, & they wanted to be a part of it.
Everyone on that wall may not have been qualified to work on the wall,
but they were willing, & that was what really mattered.
They understood this vital principle of following God.
"God Has Done A Great Work In His People;
Now He Wants To Do A Great Work Through His People."
The vision God gave Nehemiah was too big for Nehemiah to complete on his own, & God wasn't going to magically start stacking stones around Jerusalem. Instead, God in His grace chooses to use His people to reflect His glory. Scripture is filled with examples of how God chooses to involve His people to reveal His glory to the world. Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Peter, & Paul are just a few examples of how God uses people to fulfill His plans. The problem is that sometimes we forget that God wants to use US. That's right, God wants to use you individually. He has a place for you on the wall. It's up to you to discover that place & then get to work. The work God wants to do through your local congregation is too big for any one person or small group to fulfill; it needs you on the wall. God's work needs all of us on that wall doing what we can to reflect & reveal God's glory through our lives to this world.
Where is your place on the wall? God is going to reveal His glory; are you going to be a part of that?
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