God tasked Solomon with building the temple. In 586 BC, Babylon destroyed the temple and brought the beauty of God's temple to chaos and defeat. (We do that! We...allow Babylon to come into our lives and bring chaos and defeat!) 70 years later God tasked Zerubbabel to rebuild the temple and Nehemiah to rebuild the walls. They were discouraged because people had taken over the land and they had to
… More displace them before they could rebuild. God's Word to Zerubbabel was, "Not by (your) power, and not by (your) might, but by My Spirit says the Lord of Hosts." That is because God is Jehovah Rapha, the Lord who heals, who restores, and who makes new. When we choose to be delivered from our Babylon, we will be healed, not by our power, or our might, but by His Spirit, Jehovah Rapha. Amen!!!! Less