If God touches you with the heart of Nehemiah, He can use you to help the church. But some people only want their names in lights. They do not want the low places. We are only as strong as our weakest links. Faithfulness in the low things is how God trusts us with more.
Five Things We Will Learn
- Why exposed, low places on the wall need faithful watchers.
- How Nehemiah positioned people by their families.
- What it means to honor another family’s assignment beside yours.
- How troublemakers keep circling the gaps.
- Why low places are not lesser places in the Kingdom.
Staying Faithful in Low Places
Troublemakers do not just go away. They keep circling, looking for exposed places. Nehemiah stationed people at the low places in the wall. Somebody has to stand there. If everyone runs for the spotlight section, the fox gets in through the dip you ignored.
I do not want to be in the low place, our flesh says. But when God assigns you there, stay thankful. If you are helping even one person, or fending off those who try to come through that gap, you are doing Kingdom work.
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Built by Families
Nehemiah positioned people by their families. Each family stayed close to their section of the wall. You do what God called your family to do, and you acknowledge what God called another family to do. That is how the mosaic comes together. That is how the whole wall stands.
Read Nehemiah 3 and Nehemiah 4:13-14. See the low places. See the families. See the call to remember the Lord and fight for your brothers, your sons and daughters, your wives and your homes.
Positioned and Ready
Be positioned. Be ready to defend and fight. Do not despise the section God gave you. Faithfulness there strengthens everyone else’s section too.
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