Day 7

Scripture to Read: Nehemiah 2:20

When faced with the spiritual battles of this life each day, we must be sure of our foundation in Christ and His Word. As we saw in yesterday’s devotion, Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem were mocking and looking down upon Nehemiah and the others who were rebuilding the wall and the gates around Jerusalem. Interestingly, Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem ask Nehemiah and the others these two questions, in Nehemiah 2:19, “What is this thing you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?” When we serve our Lord, when we are walking according to His Word, His work, and His will, there will be the mockers who will ask us what we are doing. We must never back down, but we must speak God’s truth but make sure we do it in love (Ephesians 4:15, Ephesians 4:29). Nehemiah did not back down from Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem. Nehemiah gave these men the only answer he could, “The God of heaven will give us success; therefore we His servants will arise and build, but you have no portion, right or memorial in Jerusalem.” Nehemiah knew that he and the other builders would have success because God would make sure it happened. Nehemiah was not trusting in his own abilities, strength, or knowledge. Nehemiah was trusting completely in God alone for the success of the project. Nehemiah lets these men know that even though they were Jews, their hearts were far from God and they had no portion in Jerusalem. We must trust God no matter

Challenge & Application

1. What did God teach you about your trust in Him, even when the battle gets tough? 2. Who will you encourage this week with some of the truths that God has taught you?

Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!

Devotionals from this week

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Day 1

God works in miraculous ways in our lives every day. Sometimes, as believers, we begin to think that we should not have to face struggles, tests, or trials if we are in God’s will. If we are walking through a trial, we think we must have done something wrong or that we are doing something wrong. But, as God has taught us throughout His Word, ...

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Day 2

Nehemiah arrived in Jerusalem along with the military escort the king provided and all of the lumber and materials needed to rebuild the wall. There is no doubt people would be wondering why they were there in Jerusalem. We read in Nehemiah 2:11 that Nehemiah and everyone with him had been in Jerusalem for three days. We also read in Nehemiah...

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Day 3

When God lays a burden on our hearts, we need to seek His direction and discernment. We know that during the four months that Nehemiah prayed about the burden God had given him to rebuild the wall in Jerusalem, God also gave Nehemiah a clear vision of how to do it. We read in Nehemiah 2:13-15 that Nehemiah went out at night to examine the wal...

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Day 4

After surveying the wall of Jerusalem and the gates, we read that Nehemiah had kept his surveying expedition pretty secret. No one knew where Nehemiah had gone or what he had been doing. We know Nehemiah had been checking on the extent of the damage to the wall and the gates. The word used in Nehemiah 2:13 and Nehemiah 2:15 is the word “inspe...

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Day 5

We read in Nehemiah 2:17 that Nehemiah told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, and the rest who would do the work the huge job that lay before them. Nehemiah was honest and told these people the bad news, that the situation they were in was grim, that Jerusalem was desolate, and that the gates had all been burned by fire. Now, ...

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Day 6

Wherever God is at work, we must remember that the spiritual forces of darkness will also be at work (Ephesians 6:12). We read in Nehemiah 2:19 that Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem began to mock and despise Nehemiah and the Israelites who were part of the rebuilding project. Remember back in Nehemiah 2:10 that Sanballat and Tobiah were very dis...

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Day 7

When faced with the spiritual battles of this life each day, we must be sure of our foundation in Christ and His Word. As we saw in yesterday’s devotion, Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem were mocking and looking down upon Nehemiah and the others who were rebuilding the wall and the gates around Jerusalem. Interestingly, Sanballat, Tobiah, and Ge...

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