Ye Hear the Sound of the Trumpet

A while back I posted as my facebook status some verses in Nehemiah chapter 4. These verses for some reason have been stuck in my head since I first read them a few months ago. In verses 19 and 20 it reads " And I said unto the nobles, and to the rules, and to the rest of the people, The works is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another. In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: us God shall fight for us."

During this time in the Bible, the Israelites have been taken captive by the Babylonians, a few were selected to travel back to Jerusalem and allowed to rebuild some of the city. Their leader, Nehemiah, tells the workers to start reconstruction of their defensive walls. Their enemies are opposed to them rebuilding this wall and are planning to attack and destroy the city again. So Nehemiah orders half of his workers to continue working on the wall and then the other half to stand guard and keep watch. As he does this the wall finally gets rebuilt and the Israelites are able to live in relative freedom again.

I still don't know exactly why these verses have stood out to me so much, but I have been re-reading them almost everyday. I think it works as a perfect analogy to us today. The righteous are far outnumbered in this world and we have a large and mighty work placed before us in building up the Kingdom of God. As missionaries this is our primary goal and we are separated one far from another across the world. But as we work and as we teach, we know that it is not us fighting the fight, but God.  He shall fight for us, and with his power we will be able to do whatever he wants to do.