“The Big Problem”
big—Part 4
Nehemiah 4
February 9, 2014
- VISION KILLER #1: INTENSIFIED OPPOSITION.
“But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official
and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they mocked and ridiculed
us.” Nehemiah 2:19, 4:1, 4:3, 4:7
VISION KEEPER #1: FOCUS ON GOD! 2:20
- VISION KILLER #2: AMPLIFIED CRITICISM.
“When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he
became angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews,
and in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria,
he said, “What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore
their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day?
Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of
rubble—burned as they are? Tobiah the Ammonite, who was at
his side, said, “What they are building—even a fox climbing up
on it would break down their wall of stones!” 4:1-3, 4:7, 4:8
VISION KEEPER #2: PRAY TO GOD! 4:9
- VISION KILLER #3: MAGNIFIED EXHAUSTION.
“So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the
people worked with all their heart…Meanwhile, the people in
Judah said, ‘The strength of the laborers is giving out, and there
is so much rubble that we cannot rebuild the wall.’” 4:6, 4:10
VISION KEEPER #3: WORK FOR GOD! 4:13-14