Text: Nehemiah 5
What we see in Nehemiah chapter five is that even though God’s people were endeavoring to do this massive work, life was still going on and everyday struggles amassed around them. When the farmers were rebuilding a wall, what would become of their crops? In a city that stood defenseless and sad at the beginning of this story – should we expect all the other affairs to be in order? Taxes were a mess, people were lending out their children as slaves, and their government was corrupt.
Nehemiah gets angry and he sets things right. He sets order among the people and the government, and he sets order among the people and the people. And for this, they make him governor. We see a sweet picture of him as a loving and sacrificial leader and that is a wonderful picture for us to look at and learn from. But more than that, this is a sweet little aside in a story of a people trying so hard to do something large for the Lord. They needed to take care of business and do a little self-care to keep the mission going. If you’re in the midst of a God-sized project, on mission from Him – rely on His miraculous grace, but also – ask for wisdom and help to have your orders in affair so you can keep on building, for God’s glory.
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