Sunday, February 18, 2018

Year 8, Day 49: Nehemiah 1


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Nehemiah gives us another perspective of the rebuilding effort, from a different perspective in a slightly different timeframe.  Nehemiah isn’t a priest like Ezra was.  Nehemiah was a servant to the Persian king.  He had the kings ear; but he was little more than a royal servant taken from a captive nation.  It is this man that God calls upon to help the rebuilding efforts back home.



What I love about Nehemiah is that he is a man of action.  When he asks about the rebuilding effort, he hears a grim report.  Immediately he is troubled.  The first thing that he does is to go to God in prayer.  He goes to God and asks what can be done.  He goes to God and seeks how he can be obedient to God’s will.



Nehemiah goes to God and confesses his humanity.  He goes to God and reminds Him of His promise of protection.  He goes to God and asks God to watch over His steps and to prepare the path that Nehemiah knows he must take.



Nehemiah is a man who is willing to step up to the plate.  He is a man who is willing to step up and find resolution for a problem.  But he is not a rash man in doing so.  Nehemiah is calculating, pausing to make sure that the path he is on is the path that God has ordained for him to take.



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