You have to build and fight. Even today, walls still go up to keep Sanballat out. That was Israel’s reality then, and it is the church’s reality now when God lays a rebuild on your heart. Lucifer has perfected continual attack. Do not be naive.
Five Things We Will Learn
- Why Heaven’s strategy includes both a trowel and a sword.
- How continual attack tries to wear builders down.
- What it means to refuse endless “come meet with me” distractions.
- Why the wall was finished in fifty-two days when the people stayed on mission.
- How to discern friends of the work from friends of delay.
Strategy from Heaven
Scattered stones and burned gates do not rebuild themselves. God gives strategy. In Nehemiah’s day that looked like work with a weapon ready. Build with one hand. Fight with the other. Prayer is not an escape from the wall. Prayer keeps you on it.
Just because someone says they are for God does not mean they are for the work God gave you. Test the fruit. Stay on assignment.
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Building and Fighting
Read Nehemiah 4:16-21. Half held spears. Builders wore swords. The trumpet stayed ready. That is not paranoia. That is wisdom for a contested rebuild.
Why should the work stop while you leave it and go down to every meeting Sanballat invents? The strategy of Heaven is progress under pressure, not endless negotiation with people who want the wall unfinished.
Stay With the Work
When the people stayed with it, the wall was completed. Tell yourself: I am not leaving the work. Listen above, then hear Part 9. When the walls rise, the enemy freaks out. Beware of what you share, and stay away from Ono.
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Related Reading
- Heart of Nehemiah: Staying Faithful in Low Places, Being Sure They Too Are Built Up (Part 7 of 13)
- Heart of Nehemiah: Your Enemy Will Freak Out! Beware of What You Share (Part 9 of 13)
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