“Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jozadak set to work to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, supporting them.” Ezra 5:2 NIV. The standstill stopped. The work got completed. All it took was a couple of prophets who believed the work could continue beyond complacency. Beyond compromise, we work. Beyond opposition, we’ve labored. I feel this is just ahead of a spiritual revival. (This series was written months before the virus and just sat “saved.” I didn’t know Covid was coming. Quarantine helped me release this message. To see and hear the preached Word of God hit the…

People had begun to build things for themselves only. They put God’s work on hold for about sixteen years. In research for this blog series, I read one article that explained it this way: “In the second year of Darius, a light dawned upon the darkness of the colony from Babylon. In that year the spirit of prophecy suddenly blazed up with a most brilliant light among the returned captives. In a moment Zerubbabel roused from his apathy, threw his whole strength into the work. After much opposition and many hindrances find delays, the temple was at length finished, in the sixth year of Darius, and was dedicated with much…

If you ask me, one of the biggest tortures in life, is to look at something that isn’t finished. Where there was a plan and a reason, there is motionless “inactivity.” You know exactly what I mean. Either you’re there now or you have been there before. Our master bathroom was a dump. (We bought a fixer upper on the creek.) It was the worst room in the house and thank God, hidden. For that reason, we decided it would be the last renovation project. We had a plan and a dream all along. Here we are eight years later – and enduring the Coronavirus pandemic. Perfect time to do…