February 27, 2022

Passage Read: Nehemiah 4-7
Meditation Verses: 6:10-11

Thought

Nehemiah was leading this great work, for the good of the people and of the city. If he showed fear, fear would overwhelm the people and they would be discouraged. If he sought to save his own life at such a threat, the people would lose trust in him because he cared so much for his own life. He was actually so close to finishing the wall that he didn't have much to fear, and could easily see through the deceptions of these "friends" and false prophets.

Application

If a thing is worth dying for, then I should be the first willing to die for it. I shouldn't be willing to risk the lives of others if I'm not willing to lose my own life doing it. That's Nehemiah's example and testimony, and one worth emulating. There is no enterprise more worthy than the Gospel, and I should never love my life so much as to shrink back from sharing it.