Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Year 8, Day 59: Nehemiah 12


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As we start to bring Nehemiah to a close, we see a worship service.  We see the religious leaders get together and walk the walls of the city.  They surround the city in worship.  What a neat perspective to consider as Nehemiah’s work comes to a close.  He came to help secure Jerusalem and make it safe.  The walls are up, and he administrates a citywide worship service.



Do you see the message that such an event tries to send?  Jerusalem is surrounded in worship.  As the people of Jerusalem go about their life, it is to be in the worship of God.  It is worship; it is surrounded by worship.  Life in Jerusalem is to revolve around God.



I think that’s an incredible legacy for Nehemiah to leave.  He needed to secure the city, that was his first priority.  Once it was secure, he provided for the teaching of the people through Ezra the priest.  Once that was in place he arranged for the worship of the city.  Nehemiah comes to meet a need, and he not only meets that need but he helps refocus the people onto their relationship with God.



When it is all said and done, the worship service leads back to the service of the people.  We see that donations are collected and managed.  The worship of the city’s leaders opens up to the work of the people.  A story that starts in the needs of the people ends in people equipped and able to be meeting the needs of others.



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