“So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.” (Nehemiah 6:15 NASB)
This is your Monday Short meditation. Many of you are familiar with the verse above, reporting how the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem was built in 52 days. They completed their project because of great leadership, God’s involvement, and in general, the people had a mind to work.
That summary is moving and motivational for you and I to continue working on our primary project of making disciples, as described in the Great Commission below. But the summary is not the main point I want to bring to your attention. You see, they completed the work in Elul, which is equivalent to our August-September timeframe. To me that says whether it is summer or fall, or better yet, any season at all, we must continue to work on our project until it is done. By the way, the project for believers, Christ’s disciples will not be over until He returns! So, what do you say? Don’t you think that we, including you and me, should have a mind to work too? Be blessed!
“And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:18-20 NASB)
Committed to the climb,
Mark L. King