The Depth Within The Wall – Part 3
Author: Rev. Esther Holmes
May 10, 2018
Think about it! (See the Book of Nehemiah)
An instrument is raised up – with
the vision and God’s passion to fulfill it. They may not be the one you
or others would choose, but God in His wisdom chose them, stands by them, and
proves that this was of Him.
The instrument has seen the vision
of God; seen the purpose; become captured by that thing which God has purposed
from eternity and seen it in greater fullness than others. AMEN.
The peculiar treatment of the vessel
chosen by God.
His dealings with a chosen
instrument are very different than His dealings with other people. His
ways with them are very peculiar, so they have their own peculiar perils. They
become involved in peculiar conflicts, strange pressures, strange happenings,
strange ways, and God is dealing with them in relation to specific purpose.
Nehemiah is a representation of all
that we have just said. Remember the wall is a figure of Christ and how
He is from Heaven’s standpoint. Heaven is very interested in this wall.
What it means to God’s people- a great conclusive, defensive stronghold.
The last wall mentioned in the Word (Rev 21:12) is a wall of magnificence; a
wall of gems; it is the perfections of the glories of Christ.
The correspondence between Nehemiah
and Acts…
He recovered His testimony in full
on the day of Pentecost. In both books you see a move of God taking
place. In Nehemiah you see God has moved on this man and put a desire in
his heart to be discontent with how things are. In Acts, God is moving on
a nucleus of people, giving them a vision and one passion of the Heart of
God. Neh 4:6 The people had a mind to work. The people in
Acts also had a mind to work.
The governing motive in both is an
absolute fullness, completeness, sufficiency and finality of Christ. This
is what they were committed to in their day.
Let us today lay hold of the same
spiritual passion to fulfill the full purpose in our lives. There should
be an unbroken testimony of the Lord – people dominated by God’s purpose and
moved with God’s passion.
Are we??
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