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Church of the Nazarene - East Rockingham Campus
Rebuilding: The Legacy of Nehemiah Part 3
Responding to resistance.
Locations & Times
Church of The Nazarene- East Rock
East Side Hwy, Elkton, VA 22827, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:30 AM
Today are continuing our first teaching series for the new year called “Rebuilding: The Legacy of Nehemiah.”
To rebuild can mean to make extensive repairs, or to restore something back to a previous state. To simply build again.
As we continue in Nehemiah, we are looking at the middle of the rebuilding story to see the importance of a prayerful and practical response to resistance.
To rebuild can mean to make extensive repairs, or to restore something back to a previous state. To simply build again.
As we continue in Nehemiah, we are looking at the middle of the rebuilding story to see the importance of a prayerful and practical response to resistance.
Whenever you are following the Lord’s plan of rebuilding for your life, you will face resistance.
The first resistance we see here in the middle of Nehemiah’s rebuilding story comes from two enemies, Sanballat and Tobiah. They show up and are harassing the people of God, calling his plans and their abilities into question.
The first resistance we see here in the middle of Nehemiah’s rebuilding story comes from two enemies, Sanballat and Tobiah. They show up and are harassing the people of God, calling his plans and their abilities into question.
Nehemiah made the resistance a matter of prayer and he kept on working. He did not allow resistance from enemies to distract him from the work God had called them to do.
In verses 7-8 Sanballat and Tobiah round up some friends to come and stir up trouble, they were planning an attack against Jerusalem. Sandballat and Tobiah from the north, the Arabs from the South, The Ammonites from the east, and Ashdod from the West. Literally resistance was coming from all sides.
In verses 7-8 Sanballat and Tobiah round up some friends to come and stir up trouble, they were planning an attack against Jerusalem. Sandballat and Tobiah from the north, the Arabs from the South, The Ammonites from the east, and Ashdod from the West. Literally resistance was coming from all sides.
Here in verse 10 we see that resistance to God’s rebuilding can come from things in the past.
The people working on the wall are having to work through the rubble from the old walls that had been torn down years ago.
It also comes from friends and neighbors as they repeat the threats they heard about from the enemy. Rather than being encouragers, they join voices with the enemy, adding their worry to the work.
The people working on the wall are having to work through the rubble from the old walls that had been torn down years ago.
It also comes from friends and neighbors as they repeat the threats they heard about from the enemy. Rather than being encouragers, they join voices with the enemy, adding their worry to the work.
Nehemiah specifically sends people to work on the weak places, calling them to serve together with their families.
He reminds them that the Lord is great and awesome- he will fight for them. And he calls on the people to remember who they are fighting for.
Whenever you are in a rebuilding season with the Lord, it’s never only about you. You are working for your family and your friends too. Future generations will be impacted by your rebuilding.
He reminds them that the Lord is great and awesome- he will fight for them. And he calls on the people to remember who they are fighting for.
Whenever you are in a rebuilding season with the Lord, it’s never only about you. You are working for your family and your friends too. Future generations will be impacted by your rebuilding.
A wall 8’ wide, telephone pole tall, just over 2 miles long, rebuilt in just 52 days. This was nothing short of a miracle.
From the middle to the end, with opposition from all sides, the people of God made it, and you can too.
From the middle to the end, with opposition from all sides, the people of God made it, and you can too.
The big question for us today is simply this: How are you going to respond to the resistance?
The rebuilding legacy of Nehemiah offers us a few practical tools and weapons to face our resistance. Remember the word BRICK.
B- Balance. Rebuilding takes faith AND action.
R- Remember The Lord.
I- Intense Focus.
C- Community Defense.
K- Keep Going!
The rebuilding legacy of Nehemiah offers us a few practical tools and weapons to face our resistance. Remember the word BRICK.
B- Balance. Rebuilding takes faith AND action.
R- Remember The Lord.
I- Intense Focus.
C- Community Defense.
K- Keep Going!