Day 44 - Let the rebuilding begin

Day 44: Nehemiah’s call to rebuild

Today’s Big Idea: Let the rebuilding begin

Key Verse: Nehemiah 2:5

Passage of the day: Nehemiah 2:1-9

Thoughts to consider: There may be no better example of how to restore a place of worship and ministry than the story of Nehemiah rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. So we will spend this entire week looking at the details of this important task. Nehemiah was a Jew, but he was born a captive in the foreign land of Persia (modern-day Iraq). When he heard the news that Jerusalem, the city of his ancestors, was in ruins, he was saddened and heartbroken. Many christians have come before us. Some of them speak of the “good ‘ol days” when the Big C Church was thriving. Some remember the pre-2020 pandemic days, and long for the life and vitality of those times. Both should be moved with sorrow and that sorrow should spur them to action. Real question: Is your church everything you want it to be? Do you long for the good ‘ol days? Just like the king gave Nehemiah the authority needed to accomplish the task of rebuilding, God has given you the same authority, the same responsibility, and the same purpose; rebuild. Take some time to share your burden for your church, remembering to honor the past, sorrow over its current needs, and express hope for its future. Nehemiah felt and expressed all of those, and it set him on the path too rebuilding.