The past couple of days I have been reading in Nehemiah, and I was impressed with the way Jerusalem's walls were rebuilt. Chapter three lists all the people working to rebuild. Officials, priests, goldsmiths, Levites, and those without titles worked side by side repairing the wall and gates around Jerusalem.
It is interesting to me how no one's work seems to be more important or impressive than any one else's. And how without the work of any one of them, the wall would have been incomplete, putting the people in Jerusalem in danger of attack. I feel that through this passage the Lord has impressed on me the need for me to enter into the work He is doing to build His church. I have only a dim idea of what that looks like for me in this season, but that's okay. My place is simply to work on the section of the wall that is in front of me, do what I know to do, be present in the lives of my brothers and sisters, and love. Because love builds up.
It is interesting to me how no one's work seems to be more important or impressive than any one else's. And how without the work of any one of them, the wall would have been incomplete, putting the people in Jerusalem in danger of attack. I feel that through this passage the Lord has impressed on me the need for me to enter into the work He is doing to build His church. I have only a dim idea of what that looks like for me in this season, but that's okay. My place is simply to work on the section of the wall that is in front of me, do what I know to do, be present in the lives of my brothers and sisters, and love. Because love builds up.
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