‘The King’s garden’ Neh 3:15
Nehemiah reminds us that saying and doing are often two things: many are quick to say, ‘let’s rise up and build,’ who sit still and do nothing. Like the well-spoken son who said, ‘I go sir, but did not’ (Mt 21). Nehemiah was no such man. Upon his repentance for the nation of Israel to the Lord, the heart of king Artaxerxes was moved and allowed Nehemiah to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem and restore what the Lord had already built that had been destroyed by man’s sin.
One such garden we must always consider is the paradise which the Lord prepared for Adam. Sin utterly ruined that abode of all its delights and drove man from dwelling with the Father to tilling the ground, yielding thorns and briers. We must humbly remember the fall, not as a burden or curse, but that it was of men. And weep because the Father of love was so shamefully ill-treated, and yet still endured to restore that which man ruined and reclaim his heart to salvation.
The King’s garden, lets arise and continue to rebuild daily its fruitfulness within our hearts … HSAY
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