Once Nehemiah got to Jerusalem,  he said, "I arose in the night with a few of my men, and didn't tell anyone what God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem...I went out in the dark and examined the gates in the walls that had been torn down, and the damage that had been done by fire and destruction.  The rulers didn't know what I did nor where I had gone.  I hadn't told the Jews or the priests, or the nobles or the rulers, or those that would be called on to do the work of rebuilding the wall." (My interpretation of Neh. 2:11-16)

So here this common man is--who doesn't have a degree in "wall building".  He has arrived at the spot with a mission from God and he is trying to figure out how to get this task done before he includes anyone else.  Everyone on the site is discouraged because the temple they are trying to rebuild keeps being vandalized by their enemies.  So Nehemiah goes out in the dark of night.  He doesn't want people asking him questions before he has finalized a plan in his own mind.

Then he thinks.  Thinking is an important element of doing God's work.  Of doing any work.  You aren't ready for discussion if you haven't thought through the problem.  God does not expect us to rush out and start building, teaching or organizing until we have defined exactly what we want to do, and how to get others to work with us.  And how to recognize the talents that other people have.

When Nehemiah finally got it all straight in his head, what he hoped would be a solution to get a ragged bunch of people on the same page and get their cooperation and willingness to work hard, he shared his plan.  He divided the destroyed wall around the city of Jerusalem into small lengths and enlisted people to work on the short portions next to their homes.  Good plan.  Looking at the entire wall as a project seemed hopeless.  But everyone could relate to a small portion close to home.

They got it done in fifty-two days.  Neh. 4:6 "So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together...for the people had a mind to work."  Amazing what a group of people can do for the Lord when they work together.  It's called a church.