If you Rebuild it - He will come

The 4/14 verse of the day is from NEH 4:14, "Then as I looked over the situation, I called together the leaders and the people and said to them, 'Don't be afraid of the enemy! Remember the Lord, who is great and glorious, and fight for your friends, your families, and your homes!'" (NLT)

This has always been a special verse to me. Nehemiah didn't throw his hands up and quit when things got tough. He got on his knees and prayed. Seemingly, a bunch of underdogs were banning together to do the impossible...BUT GOD changed all that. With God, perspective changed. With God, the underdogs became over comers. With God, fear disappeared and courage was born. With God, a story about a wall became a story about the Rock.

Wouldn't it be great if we could apply this story in Nehemiah to our own lives? What might happen if we remembered to pray and expect great things from our great God when the walls around our lives started to crumble? Our fear and despair may start looking like a cup half full, instead of a cup half empty, if we remembered the Lord and his greatness in our circumstances! Looking to the Lord might empower us and give us the confidence to fight for our friends, our families and our homes.

We seem to give up our treasures without a fight these days. Families are fractured, relationships are busted, and stability is shattered. Too often, we just cower and hand that which is precious to us over to the enemy. We go ahead with divorce because it's too hard to stay married. We wring our hands, but don't know what else to do as our kids are engulfed in alcohol, drugs and sex.

What is wrong with this picture? It's not the way God intended us to live. With prayer, persistence and praise we can build a wall that cannot be penetrated by the enemy. We can save our marriages, our children, and our relationships. But we first have to decide they are worth fighting for. They most certainly are, so roll up your sleeves, ask God to help you rebuild the structure of your families and relationships, and watch him ROCK your world. He is able...we just have to be willing. If you rebuild it...He will come.