Repairers!

After receiving a word from the Lord and gathering the people, the next thing Elijah did was repair the broken altar. One of the key changes that happens in a person’s life when they receive the anointing is that they become a repairer.

Isaiah 61:4 – "And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations."

You cannot carry the anointing and be a source of destruction. The anointing of Isaiah 61 raises up repairers, those who rebuild waste cities and restore what has been broken for generations. You are called to be a repairer of broken altars, wasted cities, lost generations, shattered marriages, and devastated families. You are meant to build, not destroy. You are a repairer, not a destroyer.

I have seen families in ruins. Great-grandfather died in prison, grandfather died in prison, father in prison, now the son is in prison. Clearly, there is a desolation in that family that demands urgent attention. Who will rise to repair that broken family tree? Who will rebuild the shattered walls of that church, that city, that marriage? While the walls lie in ruins, all kinds of serpents and scorpions crawl in to inflict pain. Yet, where is the one who will stand in the gap and rebuild?

What does it take to be a repairer? Money? No. A burden.

When Nehemiah heard that the walls of Jerusalem were broken down, he was deeply burdened. "And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven" (Nehemiah 1:4). He refused to carry on as usual. Though he was a wine taster for the king, enjoying the luxuries of the palace, that day, his appetite vanished. Sorrow marked his face. The weight of the burden silenced all distractions, stirred his tears, and drove him to fasting and prayer. Eventually, he relocated to Jerusalem, and in just 52 days, a mere wine taster led a team of unskilled men to rebuild the city walls without heavy-duty machines.

Who told you that you cannot rebuild? Who said you cannot build? Who told you that you cannot be a repairer? You say you do not have the right skills, but what you need is the right burden.

Nehemiah did not waste time talking, complaining, or blaming others. He did not sit around chatting, tweeting, or pointing fingers. Stop blaming those who enslaved you. Stop blaming your parents for their idolatry. Change the course of history in your family. Stop blaming your pastor for the dryness in the church. Sit down, weep, mourn, fast, and pray, and you will see transformation. Stop blaming your boss for the problems in your company. Rise up and repair it. Be the repairer of the breach.

Enough of crying without action. Rise up and be the repairer God is calling you to be.

Pray it in. Pray it in. Pray it in.

You can be the repairer in your family. You can be the one who restores what has been lost. Will you rise in prayer today?