Little is Much

 Nehemiah 7:70 Now some of the heads of fathers’ houses gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury …

Talk about dedication.

The people who came back to Jerusalem and helped rebuild the walls were a dedicated group of people. 

✅First, they made the decision to leave their well-established lives in Babylon to make the journey back to Jerusalem. For most, if not all of them, they were like pioneers, not knowing just what life would be like when they arrived. 

✅Then, when they arrived in Jerusalem, their lives could not have been easy because the city was in such disarray. That meant no decent housing in which to live. No corner stores to purchase supplies and food.

✅Third, they spent most of their time and energy on building the city walls, even though they did not have construction experience. The work was hard, energy-draining work.

✅On top of the workload, they had the danger from the enemies around them who wanted to thwart, if not stop completely, their work of rebuilding. 

Their dedication to the rebuilding is remarkable and heart-warming. 

✅Then, as though what they were doing already was not enough, we read of all the gifts of treasures they made towards the re-establishment of Jerusalem. 

The governor donated money and items, as did the heads of many homes. 

Their generosity led others to also give. They saw and felt the value of what they had been able to do, with God’s help, in a relatively short time, only seven months, according to Nehemiah 7:73. 

God's faithfulness to them spurred them to do even more.

You can tell they really were inspired by all that God had helped them do as a result of that one decision each had made - to leave their comfortable, predictable life in Babylon and become "pioneers."

As the song says, “Little is much when God is in it.”