Thursday, June 21, 2018

June 21st, 2018


Spiritual Rebuilding


“So the wall was finished on the twenty fifth day of Elul, in fifty two days.”  Neh. 6:15

The wall around Jerusalem was rebuilt in 52 days, according to Neh. 6:15.  That is miraculous.  Those same walls had been in ruins for almost 150 years!  Neh. 6:16 indicates that when the enemies of Israel heard the news, they were afraid and lost their self-confidence because they knew the work had been done with the help of the Lord.

We may have had broken walls in our lives for years – with the Lord those walls can be rebuilt in days!  Generational brokenness can be healed; restoration can come and we can live in a place of peace and safety again.  Jesus is a “Repairer of Broken Walls and Restorer of Streets with Dwellings” according to Isa. 58:12.  Isa. 60:18 reads, “No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.”

After the wall had been rebuilt, Nehemiah instructed the people to celebrate with great joy, for the “joy of the Lord is your strength.” (Neh. 8:10)  We celebrate that walls can go from broken to saved, all because of the Lord Jesus Christ, who rules and reigns forever and ever!

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