So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night because of them.Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
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… So they crank up the fight. Nehemiah chapter four, verse nine. but we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat. Nehemiah was like, you know what? We're going to pray, but we're going to defend ourselves. So it's great to say, you know, I'm just praying about it. Okay. Awesome. But also God has given us common sense and common sense is uncommon if you haven't noticed. So they were ready to rumble if these bullies, these biblical bullies, came after them. And if you keep reading in Nehemiah, this is so brilliant. He was such a brilliant leader. As they worked and rebuilt the wall, they had a tool in one hand and a weapon in the other. I would clap right there. I would. That's. I need to have an applause sign up here. Because when we do life, I mean, if you're attacking that target, you're gonna need both. You're gonna need a tool in one hand that you do God's work and a weapon in the other. …
… Isn't one of these feeble Jews doing? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish and burn ones at that? What are they even gonna build these walls with? All they got to work with is trash. Then verse three, Tobiah joins in. Yeah, what are they building? If a fox goes up on the wall, he'll break down their puny little stone wall. Nehemiah, what are you doing? You've never built anything. You're a professional wine taster, Nehemiah. You've never known a day of hard work in your life. You're soft, you're Nerf ball, Nehemiah. Some of you have faced this kind of mockery in pursuits of faith that you have attempted. People telling you that you will never succeed. People telling you that you just don't have what it takes. This is just a fad. You'll never make it. You'll just fade away like you always do. By the way, social media makes this a thousand times worse, doesn't it? Because now you can be gang-mocked and dog-piled by total strangers. …
… don't be shocked when there's some effort to bring confusion it goes with the territory nevertheless verse 9 we made our prayer to our god and because of them we set a watch against them day and night then judah said the strength of the laborers is failing and there is so much rubbish that we are not able to build the wall. And our adversaries said they will neither know nor see anything till we come into their midst and kill them and cause the work to cease. How many of y'all know the devil is going to try to send something in your life to halt you from doing what it is that God wants you to do? Let me thank all 15 of y'all for that rousing affirmation. I'm just trying to prepare you that this goes with the territory that the enemy is going to try to stop you from achieving what it is God has for you to do. I'm saying that again. So it was, verse 12. …
… And all of them conspired together to come and attack Jerusalem and create confusion. nevertheless we made our prayer to our God and because of them we set a watch against them day and night then Judah said the strength of the laborers is failing and there is so much rubbish that we are not able to build the wall and our adversary said they will neither know know nor see anything till we come into their midst and kill them and cause the work to cease. Are y'all following this so far? So it was when the Jews who dwelt near them came that they told us 10 times from whatever place you turn they will be upon us. Therefore I positioned men behind the lower parts of the wall at the openings and I set the people according to their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. And I looked and arose and said to the nobles, to the leaders, and to the rest of the people, do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, great and awesome, and fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses. I love this passage because here's what he is saying. He is saying, we're going to go ahead and do the work that God has assigned to our hands to do. And while we're doing the work, we're also going, we're going to have tools in one hand and weapons in the other hand. In other words, y'all got an assignment. Everybody here, God's got a destiny and an assignment for your life. …