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Whose spear are you holding?
Spurgeon had a very famous magazine called the sword and the trowel, this title is taken from Nehemiah.
Every person, who is building has his sword by his side, as we build the work of God, we must have the word of God by our side.. amen. This is the source of our strength and comfort.
Nehemiah was watching, he was an attentive leader, he was watching out for danger, if he saw danger, then he ordered the trumpet player to play loudly, we must always be ready to sound the alarm, many of God's people are taken unaware because the trumpet player remains silent Isaiah 62:6
Opposition and discouragement will come sometimes, because we are spilt off from each other, some of the work on the wall, the workers became isolated and they got separated from one another. This can certainly happen in churches, where one work in the church is isolated from all the others, the answer is that if we see others struggling, we help them, we don't think, well I've finished my part of the wall, I don't need to do anymore, no go and help those who are struggling to complete their area.
How do we overcome opposition and discouragement,
The answer is unity, we are all together, Nehemiah insisted that the people live in Jerusalem, that they were all together.
Unity is strength, the early church is Acts 2:42-47, did all things together, they had all things in common. A church that lives together, loves together, serves together and worships together is one that is blessed by God, this is probably why there are 50 ONE ANOTHERS IN THE NT.
So the next time, your own personal Sanballat and Tobiah come and start mocking and conspiring against you, what do you do?
You don't fight against them, you can't. You pray asking the Lord to deal with them and then you get back to work.
You encourage each other when the work gets tough, there will be times when they will conspire against you.
You will stand in the gap for the builders, you will literally hold their spear, you will pray for them.
Opposition will come, but it must be met by these things.:
PRAYER
WATCHFULNESS
ORGANISTATION OF RESOURCES AND MANPOWER
UNITY
HOLDING EACH OTHER UP IN PRAYER (HOLDING THE SPEAR)
COMMUNITY
GIRDED WITH THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT
All these things will help us, but these two things, we need to remember and it's this
REMEMBER THE WHICH IS GREAT AND TERRIBLE
OUR GOD WILL FIGH FOR US
IF GOD IS FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US ROMANS 8:31
Sanballat and Tobiah didn't give up, they came back with new and more devious methods, but again they were met with the same shield of response and that is prayer and God's word.
We will study that in a future study, but I pray that you will have a mind to work for God's glorious kingdom and that you will not be distracted or disturbed by the insults of the enemy.
We serve a living saviour and with his help, we will build the wall.
Amen
God bless you
Keith
Spurgeon had a very famous magazine called the sword and the trowel, this title is taken from Nehemiah.
Every person, who is building has his sword by his side, as we build the work of God, we must have the word of God by our side.. amen. This is the source of our strength and comfort.
Nehemiah was watching, he was an attentive leader, he was watching out for danger, if he saw danger, then he ordered the trumpet player to play loudly, we must always be ready to sound the alarm, many of God's people are taken unaware because the trumpet player remains silent Isaiah 62:6
Opposition and discouragement will come sometimes, because we are spilt off from each other, some of the work on the wall, the workers became isolated and they got separated from one another. This can certainly happen in churches, where one work in the church is isolated from all the others, the answer is that if we see others struggling, we help them, we don't think, well I've finished my part of the wall, I don't need to do anymore, no go and help those who are struggling to complete their area.
How do we overcome opposition and discouragement,
The answer is unity, we are all together, Nehemiah insisted that the people live in Jerusalem, that they were all together.
Unity is strength, the early church is Acts 2:42-47, did all things together, they had all things in common. A church that lives together, loves together, serves together and worships together is one that is blessed by God, this is probably why there are 50 ONE ANOTHERS IN THE NT.
So the next time, your own personal Sanballat and Tobiah come and start mocking and conspiring against you, what do you do?
You don't fight against them, you can't. You pray asking the Lord to deal with them and then you get back to work.
You encourage each other when the work gets tough, there will be times when they will conspire against you.
You will stand in the gap for the builders, you will literally hold their spear, you will pray for them.
Opposition will come, but it must be met by these things.:
PRAYER
WATCHFULNESS
ORGANISTATION OF RESOURCES AND MANPOWER
UNITY
HOLDING EACH OTHER UP IN PRAYER (HOLDING THE SPEAR)
COMMUNITY
GIRDED WITH THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT
All these things will help us, but these two things, we need to remember and it's this
REMEMBER THE WHICH IS GREAT AND TERRIBLE
OUR GOD WILL FIGH FOR US
IF GOD IS FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US ROMANS 8:31
Sanballat and Tobiah didn't give up, they came back with new and more devious methods, but again they were met with the same shield of response and that is prayer and God's word.
We will study that in a future study, but I pray that you will have a mind to work for God's glorious kingdom and that you will not be distracted or disturbed by the insults of the enemy.
We serve a living saviour and with his help, we will build the wall.
Amen
God bless you
Keith
