Nuggets From Nehemiah
By GDW
Nehemiah spent record time re-building the crumbled walls of Jerusalem. In 52 days he and his people rebuilt the wall! A feat we could not achieve today even with our superior technology if we tried to build a wall around little Ensisi Valley. How did he do it??
1. He prayed to God who answered
2. He united the people with a single vision
3. His passion translated to the people
4. Amazing strategic wisdom (which he constantly prayed for)
Everyone got in on the act. Fathers, mothers, sons and daughters, merchants, smiths, clergy. Chapter 3 of Nehemiah describes the people lined up "next to" each other. Yes Chapter 3 is litter with the phrase "next to". People were so convinced of the "national vision", filled with the passion that Nehemiah himself had, and would most likely have developed the prayer life that he himself practised.
So with God on their side, a common vision to drive them, and passion that quenched their fears and doubts, the people worked TOGETHER, "UNITED AS ONE NATION". And with the synergy that resulted, such an impossible feat became possible...it became an accomplishment
What unites us PNG? Where is the passion of the leaders? Does it translate to the people? Are we really working "next to" each other to effect change?
We have become a nation of a thousand DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, CONFLICTING WISDOMS, and dare I say, WEAK PRAYER life...Resulting in us heading a thousand different directions a thousand miles an hour...and ending up going nowhere.
From whence shall the Nehemiahs of our nation come? Who shall unite a divided people? Shall we wait for a common calamity? A common enemy?
Or should we look at ourselves, find the enemy within ourselves, defeat it with justice and righteousness and CHANGE for the better?
I'm all for THAT!
God Bless PNG
Ganjiki
"INSPIRING PASSION"
"INSPIRING PASSION"
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