Nehemiah 8:1-12
Happiness and joy… We all want it and look for ways to get it. However there are the dark days when we look around at the reality of our life. The situation that we live in seems hopeless and then we see the condition of our own lives and the desire for joy turns into desperation and sorrow. The people of Nehemiah’s day faced the same situation. They saw the need for more work in the city and then they came to realize the condition of their own lives as they heard God’s Word. Their response was one of sorrow, but Nehemiah encouraged them to focus on God and find their joy in Him not in the circumstance of life. Joy is found in resting confidently in God, listening to His Word and responding to Him not the fears and sorrows. Nehemiah shows us how to listen to and obey God.
Three lessons from Nehemiah:
1. God is the only One who can save
2. Credit God for His work
3. Without God our effort is futile
Happiness and joy… We all want it and look for ways to get it. However there are the dark days when we look around at the reality of our life. The situation that we live in seems hopeless and then we see the condition of our own lives and the desire for joy turns into desperation and sorrow. The people of Nehemiah’s day faced the same situation. They saw the need for more work in the city and then they came to realize the condition of their own lives as they heard God’s Word. Their response was one of sorrow, but Nehemiah encouraged them to focus on God and find their joy in Him not in the circumstance of life. Joy is found in resting confidently in God, listening to His Word and responding to Him not the fears and sorrows. Nehemiah shows us how to listen to and obey God.
Three lessons from Nehemiah:
1. God is the only One who can save
2. Credit God for His work
3. Without God our effort is futile
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