Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Nehemiah 4:15-23
by: Jean Jorgensen.
The builders’ strength was weakening. The job looked hopeless. The enemy’s ridicule and war threats left a gripping fear. They had to prepare for war day and night—sword in one hand and using the other to build. Would you keep working under those conditions? Nehemiah’s prayers with God gave him wisdom and confidence, which he passed on to the builders. Finishing the wall in 52 days left the enemies afraid because they “realized that this work had been done with the help of our God” (Nehemiah 6:16, NIV). Can you think of a project that far exceeded your expectations because you knew God was directing it?