August 16, 2026
Last week we looked at Nehemiah 2 with the outline below.
I. Passion Before Participation
II. Prayer Before Performance
III. Risk Before Reward 2v1ff
IV. Preparation Before Progress 2v15-16
V. Teamwork Before Triumph 2v17
VI Opposition Before Opportunity 2v19f
This week we are looking at Nehemiah 3 which reads like the credits at the end of a very long movie! Name after name. Task after task. But each name is a person with a story of their own. And each person chose to allow their story to be woven into the story of God at that time. And not one of these people knew that their story and name would be read two and a half thousand years later. A story that is part of God’s written word. A story that looks small and ordinary at the time but one where each brick contributes to a bigger narrative that not even Nehemiah could foresee.
The challenge for us is to step deeper into the story that God is weaving on the south side of Belgrave and beyond. Will we join in with what God is doing even if it just seems ordinary now or will we be like those in 3v5 who opted out or even worse, those in chapter 2 and 4 onwards who opposed?
Your name is on a brick somewhere. Are you willing to pick it up?
Pastor Julian Holdsworth
