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A Great Work
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Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I can't come down: why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you? Nehemiah 6:2 WEB
Nehemiah was organizing the rebuilding of the wall around Jerusalem after it had been destroyed and the people carried away into exile. When he began, his enemies laughed at him, but then as he started to close the gaps in the wall, they became much more serious and plotted to kill him in order to stop the work from being completed.
Nehemiah's enemies planned to invite him to a banquet and assassinate him so that all the people following him would stop the work that he had started. When they tried to lure Nehemiah into their trap, he simply replied "I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down." Then he continued on and completed his wall while working with a trowel in one hand, and a sword in the other (Neh. 4:17).
Our enemy may start out using laughs, jeers, and gossip to attack us, but if we keep on with God's work, he will devise much sneakier traps and distractions for us that scale to our level. He has done this a long time and he knows what works. Like someone inspecting a wall, he keeps searching for the small cracks to get in through, and it is hard to get him back out.
The enemy's plan is to get you distracted, trip you, make you fall, to make your testimony worthless. To make the salt lose its flavor. To stop the work. To stop God from fulfilling His plan in your life. To steal, to kill, and destroy (John 10:10). When tempted, remember that you are doing a great work, and that you cannot come down.
Prayer: Father, please give me a clear vision and reveal the traps that the enemy has set for me. Help me to focus on the work at hand and not be distracted. Fulfill Your will in my life, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.
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Satan is a tricky enemy! Always trying to get in my head and feed me fear and doubt! I am blessed as I have a helper in the holy spirit always reminding me that Satan lies to destroy and deceive, to keep me from my prize and steal my joy. Thank you for this timely word Pastor.
Pastor's Prayer: Father, please give me a clear vision and reveal the traps that the enemy has set for me. Help me to focus on the work at hand and not be distracted. Fulfill Your will in my life, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.
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