Day 52 – Work, Calling

Nehemiah 3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They built as far as the Tower of the Hundred, and consecrated it, then as far as the Tower of Hananel.

 2 Next to Eliashib the men of Jericho built. Next to them Zaccur the son of Imri built.

 3 Also the sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors with its bolts and bars.

 4 Next to them Meremoth, the son of Urijah, the son of Koz, made repairs. Next to them Meshullam, the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel, made repairs. Next to them Zadok the son of Baana made repairs.

 5 Next to them the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work of their Adown.

 6 Moreover Jehoiada, the son of Paseah and Meshullam, the son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors, with its bolts and bars.

 7 Next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, repaired the residence of the governor of the region beyond the River Euphrates.

 8 Next to him Uzziel, the son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. Also next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs; and they fortified Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.

 9 Next to them Rephaiah, the son of Hur, leader of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.

 10 Next to them Jedaiah, the son of Harumaph made repairs in front of his house. Next to him Hattush the son of Hashabniah made repairs.

 11 Malchijah the son of Harim and Hashub the son of Pahath-Moab repaired another section, as well as the Tower of the Ovens.

 12 Next to him was Shallum the son of Hallohesh, leader of half the district of Jerusalem; he and his daughters made repairs.

 13 Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They built it, hung its doors with its bolts and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Refuse Gate.

 14 Malchijah the son of Rechab, leader of the district of Beth Haccerem, repaired the Refuse Gate; he built it and hung its doors with its bolts and bars.

 15 Shallun the son of Col-Hozeh, leader of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate; he built it, covered it, hung its doors with its bolts and bars, and repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah by the King’s Garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the City of David.

 16 After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, leader of half the district of Beth Zur, made repairs as far as the place in front of the tombs of David, to the man-made pool, and as far as the House of the Mighty.

 17 After him the Levites, under Rehum the son of Bani, made repairs. Next to him Hashabiah, leader of half the district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.

 18 After him their brethren, under Bavai the son of Henadad, leader of the other half of the district of Keilah, made repairs.

 19 Next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, the leader of Mizpah, repaired another section in front of the Ascent to the Armory at the buttress.

 20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai carefully repaired the other section, from the buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

 21 After him Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz, repaired another section, from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib.

 22 After him the priests, the men of the plain, made repairs.

 23 After him Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs opposite their house. After them Azariah the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made repairs by his house.

 24 After him Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the buttress, even as far as the corner.

 25 Palal the son of Uzai made repairs opposite the buttress, and on the tower which projects from the king’s upper house that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh made repairs.

 26 Moreover, the Nethinim who dwelt in Ophel made repairs as far as the place in front of the Water Gate toward the east, and on the projecting tower.

 27 After them the Tekoites repaired another section, next to the great projecting tower, and as far as the wall of Ophel.

 28 Beyond the Horse Gate the priests made repairs, each in front of his own house.

 29 After them Zadok, the son of Immer made repairs in front of his own house. After him Shemaiah, the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, made repairs.

 30 After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. After him Meshullam the son of Berechiah made repairs in front of his dwelling.

 31 After him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the Nethinim and of the merchants, in front of the Miphkad Gate, and as far as the upper room at the corner.

 32 Between the upper room at the corner, as far as the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.

God’s names:

Adown – Sovereign

Yeshuwa – Jesus

Hagios Pneuma – Sacred, Holy, Violent Wind, Breath, Spirit

Theos – Supreme Divinity

Christos – Anointed One, Messiah

Huios – Son

God’s character:

Helper

In most construction projects today a team of professionals builds homes and businesses according to the blueprints provided by architectural firms. However, there is one construction project where people can help build homes, Habitat for Humanity. Regular people work alongside professionals to build homes for people who qualify, including the family who will live in the home.

When Nehemiah set about building the walls of Jerusalem, every family had a place on the wall to build. However, there was one family who felt it beneath them to build—the nobles of the Tekoites.

Many Christians are like those nobles. They want to call themselves Christians, but they don’t want to put in the effort to work in the calling Yeshuwa gave them. They delegate the responsibility to others, then take credit when they complete the work.

Remember you are Yeshuwa’s workmanship. He laid the foundation of your life. You alone are responsible for building on the foundation of your life. You cannot delegate the responsibility to someone else to build on the foundation of your life. Nor can you stand by and watch while others do the work. The effort you put into your life will reflect the work Yeshuwa called you to do.

Everyone has a place on the wall to build. Yeshuwa called people to preach, teach, administer, work in the gifts of the Hagios Pneuma, and any number of other tasks found in the body of Christos. No one is exempt from the work Yeshuwa called you to do.

Romans 12:3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as Theos has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

 4 For as we have many members in one body, but the members do not have the same function, 5 so we, being many, are one body in Christos, and individually members of one another.

 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; 7 or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; 8 he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

Ephesians 4:11 He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christos, 13 till we come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Huios of Theos, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christos; 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in everything into Him who is the head—Christos— 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

Everyone shared in building the walls of Jerusalem and would rejoice when they completed the work. Those who stood by and watched did not have the same joy in the completion as those who did the work.

What has Yeshuwa called you to do in the body of Christos? Are you working in your calling, or are you standing by listening and watching as everyone else does the work Yeshuwa called them to do? You have important work in the body of Christos. You might not think so, but left undone, the work Yeshuwa called you to do will cause a gap only you can fill.

Let’s pray: Father, help me do Your work in the body of Christ. Be my hands and feet, my mouth, and ears. Give me a heart of compassion for the lost. Work in me as I work for You. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.

Copyright © 11 March 2025 by Valerie Routhieaux