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Do-Over
Nobody’s perfect.
We make mistakes.
Mostly little ones.
But, some big ones.
God is gracious, and many of the people around us are too and give us 2nd chances, do-overs.
The size of the do-over is directly related to the size of the mess up in the first place.
Israel made a huge mistake.
Got themselves kicked out of the PL.
70 years later, God gave them a do-over.
They got another chance in the land.
We just finished Ezra.
Zerubabbel came back w/ people from 2 of the 12 tribes and rebuilt the temple.
Then, Ezra brought a large group of people from all 12 tribes to repopulate the land.
Jerusalem, the capital city, the center of the religious and economic universe was still in ruins and the wall around it was a shambled mess.
This was a big do-over.
It took years to complete.
They aren’t done, yet.
Nehemiah was called by God to rebuild the wall around the city which provided the security for them to rebuild the city itself.
Today we start Nehemiah and the process he went thru w/ God to rebuild the wall around the city.
I Get Lost
Literally, I’m not good w/ figuring out how to get from here to there and then back.
GPS saved my bacon so many times.
Not just finding my way around.
I get lost in projects.
Directions or not.
I learned early in our marriage that I should not do our taxes.
Even back when they were simple I made a pretty big mistake.
In our favor.
But, realized then I shouldn’t do them.
I’d love to be handier w/ tools, build stuff.
I’m pretty good w/ a screw driver and hammer.
But, beyond that, a wrench, forget it.
I’m a little jealous of guys who can do things like this.
One of the projects on our list that we might do in time is build a detached garage on our lot.
Store our RZR, Sara’s gardening tools, we could give up the storage unit we now rent.
Maybe a retirement project.
Like Al and Carole Dirks.
bought the lot behind their cabin.
He and a friend built their garage.
I’m not talking anything near that big, but I still wouldn’t have a clue.
How much would it cost?
No idea.
What materials would I need?
No clue.
How long would it take?
????
The only thing I’d be good for is praying about it to make sure God was okay w/ us spending the money and time.
We may not do it.
It’s just on the list.
I can tell you how to build a sermon.
If you have a lecture, presentation, discussion to build I can help you.
Beyond that, I’m lost.
I’m just a pastor.
Nehemiah was a cup-bearer to the king.
That is his family was taken into captivity.
They were slaves of the Babylonians first, then Persians.
He was probably born in Persia.
Providence of God he grew up and got the job of not only serving the king his wine, but taste-testing it first so if someone tried to poison the king Nehemiah would take the hit for him.
Kind of a Savior of the king.
An important job.
He would have had to come highly recommended, and earned the trust of the king.
But, a cup-bearer to the king.
So, when his brother and friends came to report that the wall around Jerusalem was still in shambles and he felt compelled to do something,
He’s not an architect, a contractor, wall-builder, or even a city-planner.
So, what did he do?
When God gives you an opportunity for a Do-Over, a big project, you better make sure you are prayed up and prepared to act.
They had messed up bad.
Now they had the opportunity to do it over and do it right.
But many of them had very little experience with what they were called to do.
This is the situation in .
Do they know exactly what God has promised and called them to do?
Then, are they ready to act?
The Situation
Nehemiah 1:1-
Years earlier, Zerubabbel had returned and rebuilt the temple.
The priority, a place for God and a place for the ppl to worship.
Then, Ezra came back and led enough people back to populate the land.
They settled in the land that had been assigned to their ancestors.
So, now, the region is populated.
The farmland and sheep ranches are being developed again in the countryside.
But, Jerusalem, the capital city is still a mess.
What had been the wall is still a pile of rubble that Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonians had caused.
They were defenseless and vulnerable to attack.
The region was still volatile.
Israel had many enemies who did not want to see them settle and succeed there again.
Yes, they were trusting God to defend them, but He had always instructed them to build a wall that would be part of the security system He would use to protect them.
God wanted the people to value the city and its contents.
We protect what we value.
I trust God to protect me and Sara but we still lock our doors at night.
We lock our cars.
It would be foolish not to.
It does not mean we are not trusting God.
We are being good stewards of the things God has provided us.
So, what can he do?
He is the cup-bearer to the Persian king.
Moved to do something.
Called by God but to do what?
This project was much bigger than him.
The first thing he did was the most important thing.
It was to him and it is to us when we face a project that is bigger than we are.
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