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God’s Help

The Great Wall of China is one of the Seven New Wonders of the World.  It’s more than 13,000 miles long and some estimates say it took more than 2000 years to build! By all means, it is an astounding architectural accomplishment.  Our story today is about the wall protecting the ancient city of Jerusalem.  When it was repaired after its destruction, it took Nehemiah and his fellow Jews just 52 days to rebuild.  Why?  Because the work was done with the help of God!

This record time of rebuilding wasn’t without struggle. Nehemiah faced enemy after enemy.  He had threats against his life, people lying to him, and constant plots to see that this would never come to fruition.  But Nehemiah was a man of conviction.  He didn’t let his enemies scare him or bring him down.  He wasn’t talked out of doing the project when the threats mounted against him.  He knew God had given him the mission to do this, and he knew that He would help him throughout the process.

What has God asked you to do lately that seems too hard to attempt?  Is it your healing journey?  Is he asking you to radically change the way you live your life so that you can give your body the best care possible?  Is he asking you to scale back all of your commitments in order to focus on yourself and your healing?

God will never ask you to do something that he will not equip you to do.  Noah had to build an ark when it had never rained. Moses led his people out of slavery through the Red Sea.  And Joshua defeated Jericho by simply obeying God’s strange request to march around the city for seven days.  

Each person was ill equipped to do God’s task on his own, but as it says in Philippians 4:19, “And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.” When God has a mission for you, He will help you accomplish it!

Questions:

1.  What do you need God’s help with today?

2.  Are you trying to handle your life without His help?  How is that going?

3.  Is there anyone in your life that you feel God has put there to help you?