'26 Disruption Consecration Day 4: Stay Put!

Welcome to Day Four of the ’26 Disruption Consecration!

Yesterday, we that we will not only destroy, but we will also rebuilt. We will lay the foundation of Christ through the Word and Prayer. Now, we will speak into that spirit of inconsistency that is trying to discourage you from finishing when you are nearly halfway through.

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Today's meditation verses are:

Nehemiah 6:1-4, 9 NLT

¹Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies found out that I had finished rebuilding the wall and that no gaps remained—though we had not yet set up the doors in the gates. ² So Sanballat and Geshem sent a message asking me to meet them at one of the villages in the plain of Ono.

But I realized they were plotting to harm me, ³ so I replied by sending this message to them: “I am engaged in a great work, so I can’t come. Why should I stop working to come and meet with you?”

⁴ Four times they sent the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.

⁹ They were just trying to intimidate us, imagining that they could discourage us and stop the work. So I continued the work with even greater determination.

A time of prayer and fasting is similar to the task of Nehemiah rebuilding the wall. In biblical times, cities such as Jerusalem and Jericho built walls as fortresses. These walls functioned much like border control. They were the primary means of protection against enemy invasion. When the walls were broken, the city was exposed, and anything could enter and threaten the inhabitants.

For this reason, walls were guarded by watchmen, especially during the night. While the city slept, designated individuals were responsible for monitoring the walls. If an enemy approached, the watchman was required to sound the trumpet, alerting the people to imminent danger so the soldiers could rise and prepare for defense.

In this context, the wall represents prayer. The watchman represents the intercessor. Staying on the wall is synonymous with remaining in prayer, actively discerning and monitoring activity in the spiritual realm. The role of the intercessor is to sound the alarm when danger approaches, helping others stay alert and guarding personal territories such as families, communities, and God given assignments against the enemy.

Look at what the Lord says in Isaiah 62:6–7 NLT:

“O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen on your walls;they will pray day and night, continually.Take no rest, all you who pray to the Lord.Give the Lord no rest until he completes his work,until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.”

There are three aspects of these verses that demand our attention:

Day and night, Continually, No rest

Notice that the phrase “no rest” appears twice. As a result, there are at least four distinct places in this passage where the Lord is emphasizing consistency.

Hear me and hear me well. A lack of consistency leaves you accessible to the enemy. You cannot afford to stop what God is calling you to do. You cannot afford to simply stop fasting. The temptation may come, if it has not come already, but you cannot succumb casually. Being casual about this can make you a casualty, a quote I stole from my Bishop, one of the greatest communicators I know.

Nehemiah understood this clearly. When Sanballat and his associates attempted to meet with him, Nehemiah discerned that it was a distraction designed to pull him away from the wall. He refused to entertain it. Do not let anything pull you away from prayer. Build the wall and stay on it. In the name of Jesus, we will build the wall through intercession and remain on it as watchmen.

Second, Nehemiah did not say no just once. He said no repeatedly, four times within a very small section of the text, and once more beyond that. In the name of Jesus, we will not only say no to the temptation to be inconsistent, we will consistently say no to inconsistency itself. We will have the strength to say no once and the resilience to say no no matter how many times the temptation returns.

Third, Nehemiah allowed the enemy’s attempt to discourage him to become fuel for greater determination. He declared that he continued the work with even greater resolve. In the name of Jesus, I pray that you receive the grace to push harder when you feel tempted to give up. You will not fold under pressure. You will be fired up by it.

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