We know it is a battle. Pastor Scott has also indicated in a recent sermon that the cost of following Christ is great. The questions become:
- Am I fighting for the glory of God
- AmI fighting for my family
- Do I trust God that He will protect me
4 Hear us, our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity. 5 Do not cover up their guilt or blot out their sins from your sight, for they have thrown insults in the face of the builders.
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In the face of opposition and harm, and in light of Nehemiah's prayer, Israel continued to do God's will:
6 So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.
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Again in the face of opposition, harm, and threats, Israel pressed on with Nehemiah's prayer:
But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat.
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And of course, God delivers and protects.
5 When our enemies heard that we were aware of their plot and that God had frustrated it, we all returned to the wall, each to our own work.
My Prayer: Lord you strength and might is great and you are my rock! Forgive me when I forsake you for my own strength or my lack of trust in you. I seek to be near you and I pray that I can love you more, trust you more, obey you more and also that I can glorify you with my life.
