Inspecting the Ruins

Whether we are talking about the broken down walls of a heart or a home, a congregation or a nation, or some other need within the worldwide Church and Kingdom of our blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the fact of the matter is that one cannot even begin to propose any productive solutions until we have first of all correctly diagnosed and identified the problem! And so it is in the words of our text for today. For in Nehemiah 2:10-20 we find ourselves being reminded of the fact that before the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem could even begin to take place, Nehemiah needed to be found carefully and prayerfully Inspecting the Ruins.