We Set A Watch Against Them Day And Night

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 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of Lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.  Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures. - [James 1: 17-18] God, You called Nehemiah to commit himself to a job You willed him to do. i know the feeling that there will always be somebody who will attempt to stall me, to do me harm by not letting me continue on with the work of the Lord.  It's like a jealousy thing.  A resentment.  i am quick in sensing this, especially now.  They are furious and indignant and tend to muck.


"Will he spend his money serving the Lord before he pays his bill?  Seems to me when people talk like that they have no knowledge of the Bible.  They are lip-service Christians who know not about being active or proactive.  So it was, when the Jews who dwelt near them came, that they told us ten times, "From whatever place you turn, they will be upon us." -[Nehemiah 4:12]  

That's what it feels like these days; although God has given me strength, wisdom, and courage to begin looking at it from an adventurous perspective, a situation which bemuses and amuses.  Let them be on the look-out for me.  i'm on the look-out too!  No weapon formed against me shall prosper. - [Isaiah 54:17] At church there's no attempt to work together as a group that couldn't even hold a Bible study.  And so, i am learning to put things in God's hands; especially when i know folks may not like me.  i know God loves me.  May they turn their reproach on their own heads.  We made our prayer to our God and because of them we set a watch against them day and night -[Nehemiah 4:9]

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