Obey God's Call

Obey God’s Call “The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire” Nehemiah 1:3 Those that have read my devotionals for some time have seen my compassion to obey God’s Great Commission, which tells all Christians to get outside the church walls and spread the gospel of Jesus Christ to all people. The people who need God the most do not come to our church services on Sunday or our Bible Study groups, and the churches across our nation are not reaching out like they should to minister to these lost souls. Seldom do we hear our churches preaching other than a feel good message, and rarely do we see them having an outreach ministry to reach outside the church walls. Nehemiah was a man in a position of great influence and power as he served under the king. He was not a preacher or priest or scribe. He was what we might call a layman today. But Nehemiah loved God and when he heard about the plight of the Jews, and how the city of Jerusalem was now laying in ruins, he began to weep and pray and say, “Lord, what can I do about this problem.” The devastation of Jerusalem touched him, and he wanted to do something about it. So he prayed and devised a plan to rebuild the wall. Nehemiah reached out which is what we all must do to obey God’s call to us. He began to pray and then began to obey. That is when his plan began to unfold. There are two essential ingredients for effectively sharing our faith. It must start with a God-given burden to obey God and reach out to offer salvation to our world. This will lead to prayer, which will lead us to our own plan to reach out to others and share our faith. I believe that it is important for all Christians to reach out as Nehemiah did and obey God’s call. We have the opportunity each and every day of our life to touch the lives of people around us, and when we do we will be obeying God’s call. Robert W. Brock My Daily Devotional Volume Seven​ May 22