Broken Walls - Part 3

The book of Nehemiah is so rich with applications to our own lives that I couldn’t help but continue to glean from its wisdom for one more week.

In Nehemiah 4, the people had “a mind to work”, and had connected the wall and built it up halfway. They had some victory, but they were still only halfway there. This is when the enemy became very angry and conspired to attack Jerusalem and create confusion. Take this as a lesson for yourself… The enemy doesn’t want you to succeed and he will ramp up his attack and try to create confusion. This is when you’ve really got to get serious and be on the lookout for the enemy. The enemy sent word that they were going to beef up their attacks and kill the Israelites in order to stop the rebuilding of Jerusalem. The workers felt like their strength was failing and the enemy was causing the people to fear. This is an important time for the Israelites. Would they stop halfway in discouragement and fear, or would they continue on and finish in victory? Are you halfway through to the finish line? Are you discouraged and fearful? You can finish in victory!

Don’t give up and don’t fear the enemy! You can make it to victory if you keep with the plan God gave you! God will show that He is able to defeat the enemy. The Israelites spoke out, “Our God will fight for us.” Nehemiah 5:20b (NKJV), and you should speak that out too. The Israelites worked on constructing the wall with one hand while they held a weapon in the other hand. “Those who built on the wall, and those who carried burdens, loaded themselves so that with one hand they worked at construction, and with the other held a weapon. Every one of the builders had his sword girded at his side as he built.” Nehemiah 5:17-18 (NKJV) In a spiritual war like we are in, we don’t fight as the world fights, we use spiritual warfare.

To fight off our spiritual enemies, we carry the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God (Eph. 6:17). When we speak the word of God, it sends the enemy running. So it’s your job to create your own arsenal by memorizing Scripture that you can use to refute the enemy when you are attacked. Don’t agree with the enemy, but tell him the truth from the word of God. The enemy is a liar and will try to make you afraid saying that you won’t be able to do what God has called you to do.

For Nehemiah and the people, the wall was rebuilt in only 52 days. When the enemy found out that the Israelites were successful in completing the walls, they were very disheartened because they perceived that the work was done by God (Nehemiah 7:16) Let’s let God do the work of rebuilding the crumbling walls in our lives and dishearten our enemy! We don’t have to fear the enemy or be discouraged because we have a God that is stronger than the enemy. Keep fighting the good fight of faith and you too will succeed because your God fights for you! Before you know it, your walls will be standing tall and strong, and the enemy will be disheartened and defeated!


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