BUILDING THE BROKEN WALLS

 

Walls are structures built for defense surrounding a city. A city walls keeps it enemies from advancing and protect the people inside from any harm. But when those walls are breached- when stone is torn from stone so that mere rubbles remains- the city and its people are left vulnerable to every wind that blows and every vandal that prowls.

The theme for the Book of Nehemiah is the Lord’s protection of his people and their need to be faithful in worship and in keeping the Mosaic law.

Nehemiah 1: 1-3

In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa, 2 Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant that had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.3 They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”

The report he received wasn’t the best of reports. But that was it, the walls of Jerusalem were broken down and its gates are destroyed by fires. The first thing Nehemiah did was to go on his knees and prayed unto God. He knew the place of his fathers was in ruins so he cried and mourned. Though he was comfortable at the palace of Susa but wasn’t comfortable with the report.

Today, walls that once provided protection against the enemy’s schemes are crumbling all around us in our families, churches, relationships, ministry, work etc. There is one thing we can learn from Nehemiah. He cried unto God and was ready to rebuild the broken walls of Jerusalem.

Perhaps you have gone along with the ways of the world. You have fallen into practices that the Bible says are wrong, and you know they are wrong. But you have difficulty stopping them. Perhaps your drift began innocently. You did not realize you were forming a habit, but now you no longer can stop it. Your defenses are gone. The walls of your city are broken down, and perhaps your gates are also burned. Brethren all isn’t lost yet.

 

Practically our walls can be our finances, marriages, work, business, relationships, spiritual life etc. Almost everybody who’s ever wanted to make something of their life, has hit a brick wall, a challenge that they struggled to overcome. But there is one thing for sure every broken wall can be fixed. It needs;

 

·         Prayers

·         Self-dedication 

 

 

In building broken walls opposition is inevitable, in the chapter 4 of the book of Nehemiah there was an opposition. Sanballat and Tobiah stood on their grounds and despised Nehemiah and his people and was even angry about they trying build their broken walls. That’s how this life is, because they know when those walls are fixed, they won’t get any way into you again, they will always oppose it. But with determination and resilience any broken wall will be fixed. Rebuilding will always demand a lot work which will be obvious for others to see. Some will mock you but all you need is to be focused.

 

Nehemiah 4: 1-3 

When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews, 2 and in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria, he said, “What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble—burned as they are?” 3 Tobiah the Ammonite, who was at his side, said, “What they are building—even a fox climbing up on it would break down their wall of stones!”

 

 

 

As you examine the walls and the gates of your life, you find much of it in ruins. How do you handle that?  Pray about it and be ready to rebuild.

 

Prayer: Lord, show me the broken walls You want me to rebuild. Use me to rebuild the broken foundations in my life and in the lives of others. I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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