Are You Like Nehemiah, A Man With Vision?

​Neh. 2:5 -I said to the king, “If it please the king, and if your servant has found favor before you, send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may rebuild it.”

Nehemiah was a man with vision. The vision he had was to travel to Jerusalem and rebuild the walls of the city. A person’s vision is generally very clear at the start of their journey.

However, while on your quest there will be many obstacles arise to cloud your vision. Nehemiah’s vision was very clear. It was to rebuild the walls in Jerusalem and re-hang the gates.

• How Does A Person Develop A Vision?

 Visions are developed when a person is burdened to successfully accomplish a task and/or fulfill a need.
 
Nehemiah was burdened when he heard the horrible condition of the city of Jerusalem. This burden caused him to take action.
 
When you are burdened the vision will come on how to successfully accomplish this feat.
 
In Nehemiah’s case the vision came in phases.

            1st - His plan is on how to get to Jerusalem (Neh. 2:5-9).
            2nd - He surveys the city and contrives a plan to rebuild the walls (Neh. 2:11-16).
            3rd - How will he involve people with his plan (Neh. 2:17-18)?
 

• How To Accomplish Your Vision

 
When you are working to achieve your goal or see your vision come to fruition, you need to know obstacles will appear. 

Neh. 2:19 - But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard it, they mocked us and despised us and said, “What is this thing you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

Nehemiah was trying to achieve the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem and once again bring honor and glory to the city chosen by God. Yet, there were people who didn’t like what he was trying to fulfill.

When you cast a vision beware. There will be people who will become obstacles on your path.

Why do these obstacles come when you are trying to succeed in a worthwhile cause?

I tell myself they are coming to test my resolve. They want to see how much it will take to get me to quit. When I say it that way it immediately fires me up and I say, “Well, bring it on, lets see who will give up first.”

Here are a few of the obstacles that you will most likely encounter once you have started your journey.

1. How much money could someone offer you to get you to forget about your goal?

2. How much criticism from family, friends or enemies before you give up on your vision?

Obstacles will come once you take that first steps to accomplishing your vision. Let the obstacles be fuel for your fire and not put your fire out.

Nehemiah overcame the obstacles and rebuilt the wall and hung the gates in 52 days. The walls had been in ruins for years because no one had the vision.

Once Nehemiah got the vision nothing stopped him.

I challenge you to be a Nehemiah today.

Get a vision and overcome all obstacles on your way to achieving it.

Think About This:

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
 
Stay Pumped,
 
Gary A. Serago

​Minister of God's Word