Lyndon B. Johnson said, "There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few we can solve by ourselves."
We see this in Nehemiah, each person doing his or her part to build the wall around the city of Jerusalem: "From that day on, half of my men did the work, while the other half were equipped with spears, shields, bows and armor. The officers posted themselves behind all the people of Judah who were building the wall." (Nehemiah 4:16-17)
Our tendency is to tackle our problems on our own, but this is the least effective strategy. We need to make a habit of enlisting others to help us face our challenges.
Nehemiah made sure that his workers had someone watching their backs; we need the same!
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- Pastor Del Smith is the Senior Pastor of Christian Life Center. He and his wife, Marvina, have been married since 1985 and have three children, Steven, Chelsey and Erica. He served as the Executive Pastor of CLC for four years prior to being elected as Senior Pastor. Del and Marvina have been in ministry since 1985, having served churches in Missouri and Indiana. He graduated from Central Bible College with a Bachelor’s degree in Biblical Studies and holds a Master of Arts in Biblical Literature from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. Pastor Del has a consuming desire to preach and teach the Bible in contemporary and creative ways. He is passionate in leading Christian Life Center to become a place where people discover God and experience His power in life-changing ways!
2 comments:
This is so true. It is so much easier to handle problems when I am not alone. But I ask myself, why is it so hard to ask for help when I need it? Is it my own pride, needing to appear strong and together? Is it because of being refused help in the past, told to tough it out, I can do it if I just try harder? Is it because I am so used to being the helper, that no one thinks I ever need help? Good food for thought, Pastor.
Ruthie on the money. I believe no one thinks I need help. Probably because I never ask. And, I always seem in control. I guess that's the facad (did I spell that right), Pastor was talking about. Sometimes I feel if I want to get something done right, I better do it myself. Never giving others a chance. I feel if I don't do it, it won't be done right. I'll fix it, I'll do it, boy I got problems.
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