People Of Prayer

Are we a people of action or a group of whiners? Do we sit and worry, or do we get up and do something about our problems?

Zerubbabel had driven the primary group back to Jerusalem in 537 B.C. (Ezra 1:2) Ezra followed with the second gathering in 458 B.C. (Ezra 7) Now, Nehemiah was currently driving the third group to Jerusalem (445 B.C.). Following a three-month venture, he showed up to see a finished Temple and got familiar with other people who had come back to their country. In any case, Nehemiah found a disrupted people and an exposed city without any walls to secure it.

Prior to the exile, Jerusalem had its own language, military, king, and character. At present, it had none of those. The Jewish people needed was someone to lead them, and there was nobody there to give them that leadership or to show them where to begin or what course to take. When Nehemiah showed up, he started a “simple” program.

He set up a reasonable arrangement for the government to help with the people’s physical needs and began the revamping of the walls. Likewise, he tended to their spiritual needs by revamping broken lives. Nehemiah is a model of submitted, God respecting administration, and his book contains numerous examples that apply today.

• Nehemiah 2:1

• Zechariah 7:1

In verses 1-5:

Nehemiah was concerned because Jerusalem was the Jewish peoples blessed and holy city. As Judah's capital, it spoke to their national character, and God favored the Temple with his presence. The Jewish history focused on the city since Abraham offered blessings to Melchizedek (Genesis 14:17-20) until the Temple had been built by Solomon (1 Kings 7:51). Nehemiah adored the city although he lived most of his life in bondage. He wanted to rejoin the Jewish people and to eliminate the disgrace of the deteriorated walls. Thusly, God would be celebrated, and His power and presence would be among His people.

Nehemiah was lamented and cried when he found out about the status of Jerusalem's walls. For what reason would he be and feel this way? Walls were fundamental back then, they offered security and symbolized peace, harmony, and might.

Furthermore, a past proclamation would not permit Jewish people to modify the walls (Ezra 4:6-23). Nehemiah did not harp on the negative, he cried out to God in petition. He searched for approaches to improve the circumstance by observing his assets of organization, knowledge, and experience. At the point when sad news comes to us, we ought to pray first, then look for avenues to move vigorously, and by helping the individuals who need it.

• Ezra 9:3

• Ezra 10:1

• Daniel 9:3

In verses 6-11:

Nehemiah had a burden for the people. He did not wallow in self-pity, but rather, he fasted and appealed to God for many days. He communicated his distress for Israeli's transgressions and wanted that Jerusalem would wake up with reverence for the one genuine God.

• Psalms 32:5

• Daniel 9:8 & 17-20

• Deuteronomy 12:5

• Deuteronomy 30:2-4

• Exodus 32:11

• Deuteronomy 9:29

Nehemiah exhibited the components of powerful supplication:

1) Offered recognition to God

2) Offered thanksgiving to God

3) Contrition for sins

4) Made a request

5) Made a commitment.

Sincere petitions can help explain:

1) Any difficulty that we might be confronting.

2) God’s capacity to support us.

3) The activity that we must do.

Before the finish of Nehemiah's supplication (Nehemiah 1:11), he recognized what move he had to make. When God's people ask in prayer, the right decisions fall into legitimate viewpoint, and proper activities will follow. What should we do when we witness something like this? We should pray to God earnestly, open our hearts and minds to God, and speak from the heart, and not in a ritual prayer.