Nehemiah 6:
Any good work will face its opposition and Nehemiah’s work of leading the people in rebuilding the walls was no exception. Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem and many others start to conspire against them and seek to see them fail. They spread lies, they attempt to distract Nehemiah, they try to draw him outside of the city, they spread derision and even hire prophets to come and prophesy falsely to attempt to deflect the work. Nehemiah demonstrates his leadership and the characteristics which are required if we are going to see the Lord’s work within our lives completed. The amazing testimony of this book is proclaimed in this chapter. The wall was finished in 52 days – counting the three days of ‘spying out the land’ which Nehemiah did at the start Jerusalem was transformed in 55 days from wilderness to walled-city! What an amazing accomplishment! This is what we are capable of if we work together and with the Lord as our guide!.
Job 7:
Job finally passes into the depths of despair. He indulges himself and allows hope to be replaced by pity and self loathing. He is not in a ‘good place’, he needs support and encouragement, not more judgement. As he pours out his heart we see what is really going on on the inside. Some might be shocked at what he says or how he frames his complaint but the reality is, you don’t always have to be in control of your emotions when you are faced with such pain, you only have to remain honest and open to the help that the Lord will offer to you. The best way you can help someone at this point is to just allow them to speak out, to vent…later you will have an opportunity to speak and, if you are open, the Lord will give you the right words to say.
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