Pastor Bell's Words To Live By

Nehemiah re-instituted the Laws of Moses as much as he could. Righteousness was being restored and the people of God had signed up to a new mandate. Everything we do starts with a thought and all of our actions are determined by our thought processes. So having the right thought process will result in the right actions. This was problem God faced when he delivered his people from bondage in Egypt. After 400 years of oppression, the oppressed loses hope and a sense of identity. They literally forget who they are, who they belong to or who they were meant to be. By getting them to take time out to be with the Lord, forming wholesome relationships and celebrating the festivals of the Lord, it was hoped that they would start the remembrance process. Nehemiah was indeed rebuilding a spiritual wall again, but this process of restoration would take a lot longer than the 52 days it took to build the physical wall. Today for us to rebuild the spiritual walls in our lives we need to understand and observe the festivals of the Lord and learn of their significance for all the people of God at our time in history. Since the first three feasts have already been fulfilled by the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, and with the wars, rumours of wars, earthquakes, diseases, tsunamis and nuclear contaminations occurring in so many different places, are we preparing for the feast of trumpets? God’s timing is always spot on, so like the Israelites who were preparing to leave Egypt, let us be ready with the right clothes on, the right attitude towards others and be in right relationships with our peers so that we are not left behind when he (Jesus) returns.  Read Nehemiah 1:4-11 and pray like him.