Not because they lack talent.
Not because they don’t have resources.
Not because they aren’t trying hard enough.
They fail because they misread the moment.
They mistake movement for progress.
Noise for strategy.
Excitement for execution.
They charge in, ready to build, lead, and conquer—without first seeing what’s actually in front of them. And then they wonder why the walls crumble.
But Nehemiah? He played a different game.
He didn’t show up swinging hammers and barking orders. He didn’t rally the troops before he understood the battlefield.
Instead, he did something counterintuitive. He waited. He watched. He walked the ruins in silence.
“So I went to Jerusalem and was there three days. Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem.” (Nehemiah 2:11-12)
Before you build anything—your business, your ministry, your life—there’s a crucial step most people skip.
You have to see it before you speak it.
Because the wrong words at the wrong time?
They don’t just slow you down. They sabotage the entire thing before it even begins.