Nehemiah 9 rehearses the story of Israel, complete with great ups and very down downs. Despite being written in a time of return from exile, it ends on a somewhat gloomy note. See v36 & 37 - 'we are slaves in the land you gave us' and the 'abundant harvest goes to the kings you have placed over us'. It's not good.
It made me wonder - how much do we do things that lead us to be prisoners in our own land? What structures or things do we put in place that actually become in time our own prisons, so that all the goodness and potential that are available simply go elsewhere while we are still toiling away.
How many things do we have in the way we 'do church' that actually 'lock us in', distract us from following Jesus and working to His plans?
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