Rebuilding the Walls

Friday 25 September
READ: Neh 1: 3 - 11
MORE LESSON: 2 Chron. 7: 14

There was a time in scriptures when Israel sinned against God and they went into exile. The city was burned down and the wall of Jerusalem was destroyed. The wall of Jerusalem was the pride of Israel for it was the impregnable defense around Jerusalem that protected it from the onslaught of the enemy. Jerusalem was in ruins for many years after its walls were broken down. Many believers are defenseless and in ruins today because, spiritually speaking, their walls have been broken. When walls are torn down, wild beasts and dangerous animals get in and wretch a city or a life; as expressed in the Bible, . . . and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him: Eccl 10:8. When a city or a life sins against God, its walls get torn down.
A man by the name of Nehemiah decided that he was going to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. It is time for you to rebuild the walls around your life. There are lessons that we can learn when we consider the life of Nehemiah and how he rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem. The first lesson is that Nehemiah was in captivity when he decided that he wanted to rebuild Jerusalem and restore the glory of Israel. He was a slave in another kingdom but he didn't consider that as a hindrance as he went ahead to conceive the thought of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. I want you not to allow your background and present status to limit your dreams and goals in life. No matter how down you have sank, don't allow your present status to dictate your renewed aspiration.

Nehemiah needed so much resource to execute the project that he conceived but as a slave in the king's palace, he didn't have the money but he still went ahead despite that. You have to make up your mind that the size of your salary and income will not determine your dreams and expenditure but rather the size of your God is what will determine what you will dare to do. When you make that decision, everything will change for you. Nehemiah thought to himself that even though he was a slave in another kingdom and he didn't have all that was needed to build the walls of Jerusalem, he would still go ahead and achieve it; so he started to pray. And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven: Neh 1:4.

He began to cry and weep then he went into fasting. His prayers were so heartfelt that the Bible documented them. His prayers of repentance and supplication was considered fit for scriptures. Your genuine repentance, heartfelt prayer and crying to God is the beginning of your rebuilding the walls of your life. Today you have to rebuild all walls that have been torn down around your life. Start by first identifying areas that need rebuilding, then map out your personal steps for the take off. Then begin to pray and believe. I command your walls to be rebuilt, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Action
* Pray that your wall of defense shall not be broken through by the enemy.
* Ask God to cleanse you of any sin that could pull down your wall of defence, in the name of Jesus.
* Ask God for courage and wisdom to confront every weak wall of your defence in life in Jesus’name.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
My head shall not lack oil, I shall be anointed like the horn of the unicorn and I shall be clothed in glory throughout my life time, in the name of Jesus.