OPPOSITION

Today's reading: Nehemiah 1-4

"Sanballat was very angry when he learned that we were rebuilding the wall. He flew into a rage and mocked the Jews, saying in front of his friends and the Samaritan army officers, What does this bunch of poor, feeble Jews think they are doing? Do they think they can build the wall in a day if they offer enough sacrifices? Look at those charred stones they are pulling out of the rubbish and using again!" Nehemiah 4:1-2 NLT

Christian friends, do you have a few 'Sanballats' in your life?

Are there folks dismissing your faith, diminishing your zeal and discouraging you any way they can?

What are you doing with their jeers and mockery?

I pray, for you and for myself, that the enemy's taunts provoke us--to continue!

Not to give up.

Not to quit.

Not to throw in the towel.

May their doubts be wood for our fire!

May their insults add fuel to our spiritual engines!

May their lack of conviction be what bolsters ours!

Pick up your Bible, again today. Kneel, again today. Stack bricks in your walls of faith, again today. Ignore their insults, again today. Lean on God, again today!