Nehemiah and God's Plan for him

This past Sunday we talked about Nehemiah and how God has been leading him through His Plan for him. The lesson really got me Sunday because it gave me the steps to work towards God's Plan and Dream for me and it showed me where I was in it and how far I need to go. In chapter one of Nehemiah, Nehemiah had a concern for his country, Jerusalem, because their wall burnt down. When he heard about this he sat down and cried and fasted and waited for days. He prayed to the Lord and asked for success when he was ready to go ask the king for help. Finding out what needs to be done, having a concern for it, and praying about it is the first step that needs to be done. He told the king what happened and the king wanted to help him out. The king asked him questions and Nehemiah was able to answer them. He also had a plan of what people to bring and what he needed to rebuild the wall. When he got to Jerusalem, he waited 3 more days. Then he went out into the night by himself to see what the problem looked like taking only a few closest man with him to share his concern. He did not tell anyone about his plan to rebuild the wall for he wanted to make sure they could do it first because spreading the news. He went everywhere in the city. When he got back to the camp and everyone was up, he told everyone about his plan because he was for sure that the city needed their help. The problem was big and something needed to be done about it. He related to the people calling the city "our" (verse 17). He had some people say they couldn't rebuild it or do it on their own but Nehemiah's reply was "The God of Heaven will help us succeeded. We his servants will start rebuilding this wall" (verse 20). This is all in chapter 2 of Nehemiah. The steps we, as people of today, can take from this story is:

-Identified with the people.
-Identified the reason.
-Identified the problem.
-Identified the solution.
-Identified the source of the plan that you have on your side, which is always God or should be.

-Waiting is okay because we learn more about the problem and seek out ways to help
-We can find those few people who will agree with us and are on the same page.
-We don't want to tell anyone what is on own hearts until we are for sure it can be done.
-We need to think about the plan first.
-Seek out things by self to see if it is possible.