Great Work and a Greater God

Nehemiah 6:15-19 · 2026-02-01 · Jason Wolin · Nehemiah | From Rubble to Revival

Nehemiah 6:15-19 · General. Great Work and a Greater God — sermon from Cypress Bible Church on BibleSlides.

Great Work and a Greater God Nehemiah 6:1-19 (A Great Work and a Greater God) Nehemiah’s Wall Doing great work is difficult. It’s great because it is difficult. That’s one of the definitions. Running a marathon is difficult, that’s why it’s great. Running a marathon and winning is even harder and that’s why its greater. Running a marathon faster than any other human has ever run a marathon is really, really hard which makes it a really really great feat. So that’s the principle, the harder something is the greater it is which also means fewer and fewer people who are able to do it. As things get harder, more and more people drop out. Many people finish grade school Fewer people finish high school (Why? Because it’s harder) Fewer still finish college, Fewer still grad school, Fewer still get doctorates, Fewer still go on to work in nuclear power, Fewer still become specialists in computational magnetohydrodynamics for stabilizing plasma in fusion reactors. ” Why? Because that’s really, really hard. The math in that is so gnarly. Hardly anybody can do that. So typically when you find great work, behind that great work is a great human who KNOWS what few other people KNOW and can DO what few other people can DO. That makes sense. That logic works in every economy except God’s. Theological Concept In God’s economy, when we find a great work, behind that great work is not great people, but instead a great GOD. In fact, to really highlight the fact that it’s a great GOD doing the great WORK, he actually intentionally uses NOT-SO-GREAT people. That’s his strategy. What he wants unbelievers to do is look at the great work, look at the human instruments who did that work and then conclude, “Well, I DON’T know how this GREAT WORK happened, but the one thing I can tell you for sure is these people didn’t do it. There’s no way. Their IQ is too low. They have no influence. They have no resources. They have no strategy or marketing team.” There must be a great God behind this Great work. This is 1 Corinthians 1-3. God uses the weak and foolish things of the world to shame the wise. God uses us not because of our greatness but because we have no greatness. If you find yourself highly used by God, at the end of the day, that’s a bit of a commentary on your lack of impressiveness. God chooses weak and powerless people on purpose. God says, “Okay, who is a really particularly unimpressive person I can use to showcase my glory.” Now I say all that because it’s important for us to remember how God uses us. That’s kind of a theological concept and it’s super important for us to understand and believe and trust and love. Pra…

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