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Starting to Rebuild
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson decide to go on a camping trip.
After dinner and a bottle of wine, they lay down for the night, and go to sleep.
Some hours later, Holmes awoke and nudged his faithful friend.
"Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see."
Watson replied, "I see millions of stars."
"What does that tell you?"
Watson pondered for a minute.
"Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets."
"Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo."
"Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three."
"Theologically, I can see that God is all powerful and that we are small and insignificant."
"Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow."
"What does it tell you, Holmes?"
Holmes was silent for a minute, then spoke: "Watson, you idiot.
Someone has stolen our tent!"
Context:
Because of Solomon’s disobedience, God split the nation into two kingdoms following his death in about 930 B.C. (1 Kings 11-12).
Ezra and Nehemiah were leaders in the reign of Artaxerxes.
The return of the exiles to Judah, and the rebuilding of Jerusalem, was accomplished in three main stages.
The first and main party returns with Zerubbabel 538 BC.
A second party returns with Ezra about 80 years later.
They make spiritual and religious restoration and reform.
A third wave returns with Nehemiah in 445 BC.
They rebuild the city walls and gates but not many houses.
This conversation begins in 446 BC. 13 years since Ezra went back to Jerusalem.
Northern Kingdom Israel.
Southern Kingdom Judah.
Northern Kingdom fell to Assyrians, the Southern Kingdom fell to Babylon.
The Report:
How do you rebuild what sin has broken?
The people had been found unfaithful and began to compromise.
Its what brought them into captivity, its why the people were scattered, and why the walls were destroyed.
They had rebuilt the temple and altar not many years earlier, but the people were vulnerable!
This was a crucial report, because Nehemiah seemed to realize that if something does not change, and quickly, the city and the people could be destroyed.
The walls themselves were symbolic of God’s protection.
A fortified city refleted to the surrounding nations that they had a God who was with them, and protected them.
So, if the walls were down, it was deeper than just the walls, it was reflective of thier spiritual lives.
Of God’s protection, and thier reliance on Him.
This news wasn’t just a natural disaster, it was a spiritual one!
And something had to change!
Sin brings bondage: Do you feel stuck?
Sin brings sepration: Do you feel alone?
Sin brings destruction: Are there areas in your life that you see are destroyed or beginning to decay?
Sin brings shame: Do you feel unworthy?
Not good enough?
The butt of the joke?
The walls have been broken down.
Sin has done its job.
The problem was deeper than just the walls!
It was unfiathfulness, it was turning from God.
When the news breaks in to your comfortable life that the walls has fallen, that the sin in this world has destroyed , sickness, loss, debt, loss of a job, where do you turn?
The truth is, we live in a broken world, and bad things will happen.
But the problems in your marriage, in your job, in your home, in any area of your life, the root is always sin.
There always comes a point in your life where you get some news you never you’d hear.
When you find out just how weak you are.
Where you find out no matter how great my life may seem, it doesn’t save me from suffering.
There is still sin in me
Sin can destroy a great man, a great career, a great life.
The wall had fallen and the people were in shame, because they had turned from God, served other things, and God was no longer first!
Famillies will fall apart when God is not at the center.
Marriages will fall apart when God is not at the center.
Your joy will fade, when God is not at the center.
A nation will fall apart when God is not at the center.
You don’t have to think hard to find areas of your life that sin has broken.
Maybe its a drug addiction that has hit your family.
Maybe its a porn addiction.
Maybe its anger and resentment that has destroyed a relationship.
Maybe its as simple as, you just have no more joy in your life.
Maybe you feel alone, like no one hears you or loves you.
Where do you turn?
How do you rebuild?
All of us need to rebuild some things in our life that sin has broken down.
We need to rebuild!
Start with the foundation.
How to Rebuild
1. Look up: Remember Who God is
Look In
He is the ONLY foundation a lasting life can be build
“My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
Refrain:
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.”
He Keeps His Promises- Faithful
He is Working
He Hears You
When Christ is the foundation, it doesn’t mean there will be no storms, but it does mean that you can endure!
Nehemiah was the cupbearer.
He could’ve appealed to the king, tried to gain the kings support first, but He doesn’t.
He appeals to God, and remembers that if this thing is going to be rebuilt..God must be, and has to be the foundation.
Prayer should be your first response!
We often pray when we see no other option.
It should be your first response!
If you only pray when you’re in trouble, your’re in trouble!
Benedict Option: Where prayer is, there is the future.
Prayers are the wings which will carry us.
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