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Nehemiah Accomplishes the “Impossible”
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even during the short time given to sleep did Nehemiah and his
companions put off their clothing or lay aside their armor.
The opposition that the builders in Nehemiah’s day met from
open enemies and pretended friends is an example of the experience
that people who work for God today will have. Enemies and friends
hurl scorn and accusations at them, and if conditions allow, the
enemy uses more cruel and violent measures.
Among those who profess to support God’s cause are those who
lay His cause open to the attacks of His bitterest foes. Even some
who desire the work of God to prosper will weaken the hands of
His servants by reporting and half believing the slanders of His
adversaries. But, like Nehemiah, God’s people are neither to fear
their enemies nor despise them. Putting their trust in God, they are
to go steadily forward, committing to His care the cause for which
they stand.
In every crisis God’s people may confidently declare, “If God
is for us, who can be against us?”
Romans 8:31
. However craftily
Satan may lay his plots, God can bring all the schemes to nothing.
He is in the work, and no one can prevent its ultimate success.
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