As you contemplate impacting your world and community, you have to reflect on the greatness of God. While Nehemiah saw and was broken=hearted about the devastation of his city, he focused on the greatness of his God in his prayer. He identifies his God with the terms, ‘God of Heaven,’ ‘great’ and ‘awesome,’ and as the One ‘who keeps His covenant of love.’ Understanding who his God was, moved Nehemiah to immediate action.

 

We too need to keep our eyes and faith steadily fixed on “Jesus, the Author and finisher of our faith,” more than on our problems (

Hebrews 12:2) and the challenges. If God puts a burden on your heart, you need to depend on Him to empower you for the task and to provide the resources. After all  He is the Beginning and the End.  He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. The Psalmist said, “I lift up my eyes to the hills… My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of Heaven and earth” (Psalm 121:2). When we recognize the greatness of our God, it give us courage to face the impossible.

 

Ask God to open your eyes to His greatness, so that you may ‘walk by faith and not by sight.’ Read: Nehemiah 1:5-7 Hebrews 12:2 Psalm 121:2