DAY 28

Nehemiah 6:15  So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.

Nehemiah 6:15 has impacted me so much for the following reasons:

-       Nehemiah who was not a politician, rabbi, prophet, or a trained leader, but despite this, he was able to lead a demoralized remnant to rebuild a destroyed city in 52 days.

-       Nehemiah led the people to rebuild the city, which was under constant harassment and attack from their enemies. He was never trained in the science of warfare; he had never served in the military, and yet he was able to withstand the barrage orchestrated in hell to stop them.

-       Nehemiah had never been trained in city engineering, construction, or architecture, but he was able to oversee the rebuilding of a destroyed city, in just 52 days.

-       Nehemiah was a deeply spiritual man, but he was not known as a prophet or a rabbi, but he was able to reawaken lost faith and restore the spirituality of a nation.

-       Nehemiah was not trained as a politician, he was a cupbearer, but he was able to negotiate with the King of Persia for permission to go and rebuild a city that his people had conquered. His loyalty to the king was challenged by his enemies, but with great skill he was able to sustain his relationship with the king.

Nehemiah was a fairly ordinary man and yet he was able to do an extra-ordinary work.

When you take ordinary, and you add extra you will get extraordinary. He added extra to his ordinary life, and he was able to take on something way bigger than himself.

-       Dr. Leon van Rooyen, Founding President of Global Ministries and Relief Inc.

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