Nehemiah 4 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO

And our enemies said, “They will not know or see till we come among them and kill them and stop the work.” Nehemiah 4:11 – Wonderfully as we saw in the last chapter the people of Israel had chosen to begin the rebuilding of the wall around Jerusalem. They even got all the way to half its height and many of the places that were wide open were closing in. Yet as with any good work of the Lord, when it is being faithfully accomplished the enemy steps in to stop the work. We find in our chapter there were individuals that were violently angry seeing that the wall was being rebuilt. They came and taunted the people, mocking them and telling them how impossible of a task it was to rebuild. They threatened to come over with their army and confuse their work. Yet the taunts, mocking, and threats didn’t stop the work, so the enemy made his final plan to come and kill them all. While a terrifying threat, I love how one commentator saw this, that this could be taken as a praise on their part. They were remaining so faithful to the Lord that the only way the enemy could stop them was to kill them. In our story, I pray we can be found that faithful. For the enemy will seek to discourage you and confuse you to keep you from completing the work God has you doing. Sadly we can let these minor attacks be victorious in our life, stopping us from the holy work we’ve been called to. Or we can pray and push through the mocking, threats, and discouragement to where the enemy’s only way to stop us is to try to kill us. Let’s find ourselves in the same category as so many faithful individuals in the Bible where we are living so faithfully for the Lord, despite the enemy’s attacks, that the enemy’s only means to stop us is to try and end us. Show the Lord, and the enemy, that we will not stop being faithful to our Savior. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3401

Question To Ponder: Why would the enemy seek to stop our work?

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