Beyond the walls

I have been reading through the book of Nehemiah in my morning devotional and again find so many relevant happenings in it that are for the church today. I think the biggest is this: It wasn't the condition of the walls that drove Nehemiah it was the condition of the people. How easy it is as pastors and leaders to confuse the two. We can become so obsessed with raising money for another program, or painting another wall in our building, all of which are important but we do it because of people.
I love Nehemiah's passion to see the walls built because of what it would do in the hearts of the people.