Can One Man Make A Difference?
I have heard it said again and again “what can I do, I am only one person?”
This week as I was reading in Nehemiah I was so reminded of our world today and our jobs within it.
God buried a vision deep within the heart of Nehemiah, in the heart of one man. He wanted to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem that had been burned by the enemy. His dream was crazy. How could one man rebuild a wall? Not only did he have to build the wall but he also told the king he would be back to fulfill his duty as cupbearer in a certain number of days. In the natural, this dream was a dream of impossibilities. But we know with God all things are possible.
Nehemiah wanted to set Jerusalem back to rights. He wanted her restored to her former glory.
When we ask ourselves “what can I do, I am only one person?” we must remember that God brought alongside helpers to help Nehemiah accomplish the task. Yes, there were naysayers but there were also those who supported and helped see the dream come to fruition.
The awesome thing about Nehemiah’s dream was in chapter 6 verse 15 we are told that the wall was finished in 52 days. Because the dream that God had given Nehemiah was such a God sized dream, only God was the one who could see it through to completion. Verse 16 says “and it happened, when all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations around us saw these things, that they were very disheartened in their own eyes; for they perceive that this work was done by our God.”
Even his own people, the people who were supposed to be like minded, doubted him.
Do you see what happened here? Everyone looking on, everyone who took notice of Nehemiah’s dream thought it was impossible. And when that dream came to pass it was such a miracle that only God could be given the glory.
Those are the kinds of dreams that God has for you and I. Yes we will have doubters, scoffers, those who wish to deflate our dreams and destroy them, but if our dreams come from God then they will come to pass. And God will be the one to get all the glory. In and of our own strength we are incapable of accomplishing God size dreams. We are merely the tools he chooses to use. We are the clay he is the potter. He shapes us and molds us to readiness for our dreams. The foundation of our dreams is always to be in his will.
To accomplish his purpose in our lives we must first realize our dreams. We must also acknowledge where these dreams come from, that they are God breathed. Finally we must take action.
Do you know what your dreams are? Do you know what your purpose is?
Thank you for taking the time to grow and dream with me this Wednesday.
Darlene Shortridge, scribe for Christ
www.BooksByAmanda.com
This week as I was reading in Nehemiah I was so reminded of our world today and our jobs within it.
God buried a vision deep within the heart of Nehemiah, in the heart of one man. He wanted to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem that had been burned by the enemy. His dream was crazy. How could one man rebuild a wall? Not only did he have to build the wall but he also told the king he would be back to fulfill his duty as cupbearer in a certain number of days. In the natural, this dream was a dream of impossibilities. But we know with God all things are possible.
Nehemiah wanted to set Jerusalem back to rights. He wanted her restored to her former glory.
When we ask ourselves “what can I do, I am only one person?” we must remember that God brought alongside helpers to help Nehemiah accomplish the task. Yes, there were naysayers but there were also those who supported and helped see the dream come to fruition.
The awesome thing about Nehemiah’s dream was in chapter 6 verse 15 we are told that the wall was finished in 52 days. Because the dream that God had given Nehemiah was such a God sized dream, only God was the one who could see it through to completion. Verse 16 says “and it happened, when all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations around us saw these things, that they were very disheartened in their own eyes; for they perceive that this work was done by our God.”
Even his own people, the people who were supposed to be like minded, doubted him.
Do you see what happened here? Everyone looking on, everyone who took notice of Nehemiah’s dream thought it was impossible. And when that dream came to pass it was such a miracle that only God could be given the glory.
Those are the kinds of dreams that God has for you and I. Yes we will have doubters, scoffers, those who wish to deflate our dreams and destroy them, but if our dreams come from God then they will come to pass. And God will be the one to get all the glory. In and of our own strength we are incapable of accomplishing God size dreams. We are merely the tools he chooses to use. We are the clay he is the potter. He shapes us and molds us to readiness for our dreams. The foundation of our dreams is always to be in his will.
To accomplish his purpose in our lives we must first realize our dreams. We must also acknowledge where these dreams come from, that they are God breathed. Finally we must take action.
Do you know what your dreams are? Do you know what your purpose is?
Thank you for taking the time to grow and dream with me this Wednesday.
Darlene Shortridge, scribe for Christ
www.BooksByAmanda.com
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