The Means of Success

Nehemiah knew what brought him success.  Look at Nehemiah 2:8, 18, 20:

• ...the good hand of my God on me...
• ...the hand of my God had been favorable to me...
• ...the God of heaven will give us success...therefore we His servants will arise and build...

Nehemiah knew that it was the Lord that both enabled and gave success.  The Lord gave the means to be in the position to rebuild the wall and would also lead to the end of the project.  He is both the means and the end of any and all that we do.

I was going to say that He is both the means and the end of all that we do for Him but the reality is that He is the means and the end of all we do.  

Read John 1:3, “All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.”  

And just to make it clear John repeats this in John 15:5, which you probably have memorized: “I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.”

So, what can we do, what success can we have apart from Him?  Zero, zilch, nada.

Trying to do otherwise, may look good for a while, but it will end very badly.