GOD IS IN THE DETAILS

Today's reading: Nehemiah 5-9

I won't list all the names mentioned in Nehemiah 7, but there are a bunch!

And I'll admit to you, reading a list of names, biblical names to boot, at 5:00am is difficult to say the least.

But here is what I want you to know about this chapter--and other chapters like it throughout the Bible...

God is in the details.

He ordained that each and every individual's name be listed.

He was fully and entirely aware of their being.

He determined that their names be mentioned--when in history, where in the Scriptures, for what they did/didn't do.

He desired that we know these people.

Because He is in the details.

Of their lives.

And...

Of your life.

Reminders like this should stop us in our tracks...

Cause us to stand quietly in awe...

Force us to exhale all the stresses we have been storing up in our hearts and lungs...

Give us reason to sing His praises...

He created every detail. He has been in every detail. He is in every detail. He will be in every detail.

We cannot forget that!