Do you realize it takes no skill to tear down, to destroy, to demolish? Think about it, whenever there is a riot in a city, people who have never built anything are the ones who are destroying, looting and jumping on things. Builders do not destroy things, builders build things. Anyone can be a destroyer, it takes no effort, no strategy, no strength of character, no discipline to destroy. It is easy to destroy what you have not put any effort into building. If you have invested in your family, your friendships, your city, your community, your church, it does not even cross your mind to destroy it, for you are helping build it.

I am reading the book of Ezra right now and it is all about the rebuilding of Jerusalem. The city was destroyed by enemy invaders who had invested nothing in building the city, so had no issue destroying it. But now Ezra, Zerubbabel, Joshua and the Jews were in the process of rebuilding the city. In Ezra 5 it says, “When the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them, then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak arose and began to rebuild the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and the prophets of God were with them supporting them.” The prophets were builders not destroyers of the city, the prophets supported the rebuilding of the city.

When I read this I realized prophets are supposed to be building supporters, not nation destroyers. People who claim to be prophesying what God is saying but are declaring the destruction of our nation, are out of season. We are not in a season of destruction we are in a season of rebuilding. God is raising up voices that are builders of people, because cities, churches, communities, families, they are all different names for people. 1 Corinthians 14 says, prophets are builders, edifiers, exhorters, and encouragers and we all are called to prophesy, which means we are all called to build. Friends, we are in a rebuilding stage, not a destroying stage of families, communities and nations. Grab your hammer, we’ve got work to do.