No, really...I'm not ready yet, God is still preparing me...I'm just not sure if it is "really" my calling....I just need a few more things in place before I can go and be what God has called me to....
My favorite attribute of Nehemiah is that fact that he didn't hesitate. He didn't wait for someone else to do the work, he didn't wait idly by to see if it was what he was "really" suppose to do. He prayed and he moved.
Nehemiah 2:17-18 Then I said to them, "You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned with fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, and we will no longer be in disgrace." 18 I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me and what the king had said to me.
They replied, "Let us start rebuilding." So they began this good work.
I think Nehemiah understood that it wasn't about him, it was about God's people. He knew that God was with him.
Sometimes I wonder if we second guess our callings because we don't believe we can really do it. Maybe a lack of faith, maybe we don't see the big picture, maybe we don't grasp the idea that Christ has his hand upon us. You see, it isn't about you just as it wasn't about Nehemiah. God needed to work through someone and Nehemiah didn't hesitate and said Yes. God is capable of more through us then we could ever accomplish on our own. Only He has the power to change the world but he wants us to be used in the process.
Next time God is tugging at your heart and you feel the need to react with a ministry or a phone call or a kind word....do it. Glorify your God and just do it. Stop hesitating and move in response to His beautiful grace.
Nehemiah 6:15-16 So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days. When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of our God.
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