Then I said to them, “You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a reproach.” And I told them of the hand of my God which had been good upon me, and also of the king’s words that he had spoken to me. So they said, “Let us rise up and build.” Then they set their hands to this good work.
Nehemiah 2:17-18 NKJV
Nehemiah is certainly a study in leadership. This condition about a broken wall went on for a long, long time. Then Nehemiah arrives on the scene and the wall is rebuilt.
In these two short verses are the leadership spark which sets the work ablaze. In them Nehemiah:
1. Specifies the problem
2. Calls to action
3. Shares a preferred future
4. Relies fully upon God
5. Gains support and enlists people
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