Nehemiah 6:3
“So I sent my messengers to them saying, “ I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?”
How many times have I stopped my work and came down. I want a heart like Nehemiah. I don’t want to be distracted stopping my kingdom work. Nehemiah prayed for God’s guidance. He had heard troubling news that his homeland was in shambles. God answered his prayer by having him go to his king and ask for a release from his position with funding to go back to repair his town. Released with funding two big requests, I have never asked a boss while I was quitting my position to fund my next project. He sought God and followed through with his work, even under direst. He was rebuilding and repairing a wall when he came under enemy fire. He armed his laborers and continued the work. He didn’t stop when the work became hard. When the enemy fire didn’t work, the enemies wanted to talk to Nehemiah. The enemy tried to lure Nehemiah away to kill him. He didn’t go and he didn’t come down to their level. Why should his work cease to come down to someone? Why should our work cease to come down to someone? Why should our work stop because it becomes hard? Why should our work stop when it takes numerous attempts with baby steps instead of one giant leap to success? Nehemiah continued his calling even when by the world’s standards he should have quit. Paul encourages us in Philippians 3:12- 14
Not that I have already reached the goal or am already mature, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus. 13 Brothers, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead, 14 I pursue as my goal the prized promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus.
Paul said it best. The goal isn’t easy. We are never fully mature always evolving, BUT we press forward anyway. I want a heart that presses forward even when it would be easier to quit. I want to seek God’s calling on my life.
My prayer for today:
Please God allow me to walk humbly with you, to passionately live for you. Please do not allow me to come down from a great work and be distracted. Please prepare me for the work that needs to be done and give me a heart with trust, endurance, and faith with action like Nehemiah and Paul. Amen
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