PROCLAMATION
“And I answered the
king, ‘If it pleases the king and if your servant has found favor in his sight,
let him send me to the city in Judah where my ancestors are buried so that I
can rebuild it.’” Nehemiah 2:5 (NIV)
EXPLANATION
The Bible Book of Nehemiah,
the last Book of history in the Old Testament, presents the same events as
recorded in The Bible Book of Ezra, but from a different perspective with
slightly different details. When
Nehemiah learned of the status of the Jewish remnant that had survived the
exile and the status of the city of Jerusalem, he wept, mourned, fasted, and
prayed to The Lord God. (Nehemiah 1:1-11)
Nehemiah was the cupbearer for King Artaxerxes who noticed that he was
sad while performing his duties and he inquired of him as to why. (Nehemiah
2:1-2) Nehemiah told the king about the
status of his people and he requested that the king give him permission to go
and rebuild the city. The king granted
his request and gave him a letter to document it. The king also sent part of his army along
with him.
APPLICATION
Often it is not what
we know but who we know that makes a difference in our lives. Doing a good job and being noticed by the
right people can be beneficial to us.
While it may be important to know the right people, it is even more important
to know The Lord God. He is the one that
we should go to in prayer when we are concerned, upset, feeling sorry and sad,
and when we want something. Better yet,
when we want Him to do something about our situation. He may use the people that we know to help
change our situation, but that only happens if He wants it to happen. Through Him all things are possible (Matthew
19:26) and all thing work together for our good. (Romans 8:28) We ought to acknowledge His hand in
everything good that happens to us. (Proverbs 3:6)
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