I CANNOT GO DOWN

Thursday January 15, 2015

FASTING AND PRAYER - DAY ELEVEN

I CANNOT GO DOWN

 “... so I sent messengers to them with this reply: ‘I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and go down to you?”’

Nehemiah 6:3

A man called Dr. Haller Nutt, had a dream. He wanted to build one of the greatest plantation houses in the entire South part of America. Being a doctor and cotton farmer gave him the wealth needed to accomplish this dream home. He made his sketches and searched the nation for the best architect to make his dream a reality. He found Samuel Sloan in Philadelphia. It was going to be a ten sided mansion with eight rooms on each of the six floors. Dr. Nutt went all over the world to purchase the very best furnishings for this masterpiece.

As soon as construction began, tragedy struck. The Civil War erupted. All workers left to fight at the war front. Dr. Haller Nutt lost everything during the course of the war. During that time, he moved his family into the uncompleted grand mansion so they might be safe and have shelter. Dr. Nutt died in 1865 before the war was over. The family continued to live in the uncompleted building. In fact, they lived there for over a century, 111 years without completing the project! 

Finally, some relatives donated it to the local historical society and to this day, it stands as a monument to an unfinished dream.

In chapter 6 of Nehemiah, enemies tried to stop him from completing the dream that God had laid on his heart – that of rebuilding Jerusalem’s walls. But Nehemiah stayed focused. He completed his God-given dream in record time to the praise of His glory.

He is a role model for us today.

Prayer Focus:

• Pray that God will enable you to complete the dream that He has given you in such a way as to bring Him glory and expand His kingdom.
• Pray that He will thwart any enemies who try to steal your dream and prevent it from happening.
• Ask the Lord how you can take ownership of this vision using the time, talents, and treasures that He has given you.
• Pray against any natural or spiritual accident, incidents, occurrences and problems that will want to stagnate your dreams this year.

  - Dr. Halidu Abraham(MBBS, FWACS)



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