John Carver - I Cannot Come Down

On Today's Show I am sharing a sermon I did called "I Cannot Come Down."  The title comes from the words of the Old Testament Leader named Nehemiah.

A former police officer tells of the tactics of roving bands of thieves: “They enter the store as a group. One or two separate themselves from the group, and the others start a loud commotion in another section of the store. This grabs the attention of the clerks and customers. As all eyes are turned to the disturbance, the accomplices fill their pockets with merchandise and cash, leaving before anyone suspects. Hours—sometimes even days—later, the victimized merchant realizes things are missing and calls the police. Too late.

There are times when the temptation to STOP doing a great work is GREAT!

Nehemiah, in the Old Testament, saw that Jerusalem was in ruins.  His heart ached.  He found a way to recruit a team to rebuild what was torn down and ruined for so many years.

Nehemiah 6 (NASB)

2 then Sanballat and Geshem sent a message to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together at [a]Chephirim in the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to[b]harm me. 3 So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?”