The Nehemiah Blueprint A Biblical Look at Rebuilding the Rubble in Urban Communities |
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| Author:
| Bennett, Jon |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5302-6911-2 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2016 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $20.00 |
Book Description:
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The Book of Nehemiah is an awesome testimony that when God has a purpose for a group of people, He does not forget about them. Through ups and downs, God remembers. Sometimes we may be tempted to think that when walls fall down around us, God has thrown up His hands and left us to perish. Nothing could be further from the truth! I believe that even your reading this book is evidence that God is working behind the scenes in the hearts of modern day Nehemiahs and Ezras to bring His...
More DescriptionThe Book of Nehemiah is an awesome testimony that when God has a purpose for a group of people, He does not forget about them. Through ups and downs, God remembers. Sometimes we may be tempted to think that when walls fall down around us, God has thrown up His hands and left us to perish. Nothing could be further from the truth! I believe that even your reading this book is evidence that God is working behind the scenes in the hearts of modern day Nehemiahs and Ezras to bring His eternal purposes to pass. As mentioned at the outset of this work, either God knows all and is in control of all, or He's not God at all.There is one more thing I'd like to point out as we anticipate turning this blueprint into footprints. Whatever we accomplish in terms of rebuilding the rubble is all about God. It is not your name or my name that is at stake. It is not your community or my community that matters most. Because the vision (and all that follows) comes from God, it is God's own reputation that is on the line, thus it is God who will bring the work to pass-and it is God who deserves the glory!Several times in Nehemiah 13, Nehemiah pauses at the end of major sections (i.e. verses 14, 22, and 31) to pray. His prayer is not long and drawn out. In fact there are five words that he repeats each time, "Remember me, Oh my God!" He wasn't asking for personal support. He was asking that God would remember the work that He had called him to accomplish. He was asking that God's energy would enable his efforts. He was working, but it was God's work. As we continue to build walls that have fallen in our own back yards, may we be reminded that the work is greater than any pastor's reputation or church's name. It is God's work. We are merely servants who have been selected to carry out the vision of our King. May God "remember us."