Title: Personal Test (Nehemiah 06:1-19)
Contents Nehemiah 6 begins. Through the book of Nehemiah, which I have studied so far, it shows that the reason why it was really hard to accomplish God's work is because there are constant tests from the enemies. Chapter 4 is a group test against the Israelites, while chapter 6 is a personal test against Nehemiah.
Satan tests the crowd, but he also tests the individual.
According to verse 1, the building of the wall is now on the verge of completion. You just need to attach a doorknob.
Hearing this, Sanballat and Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of their enemies heard about the status of the wall construction. Nehemiah must have had a different feeling while looking at the majestic wall.
“Now I just need to make a door leaf and hang it.” You must have thought, “It’s over now.”
But then came a message from the enemies of Sanballat and Geshem to hold a summit meeting. The place was Ono Plain. This Ono Plain is about 40 kilometers from Jerusalem, halfway between Jerusalem and Samaria. However, since it was not the territory of Israel, there were traps where the enemies could lure them to death.
Knowing this, Nehemiah sends messengers to them.
“Now that I am doing a great work, I cannot go down. Why should I leave the work and bring it to a standstill and go down to you?”
Here, “great history” means wall construction.
Then he said, “We sent people four times and asked to keep seeing each other.”
Seeing the four people sent “makes you aware of the psychological threats they were receiving and how persistent their intent to kill Nehemiah was.”
Each time, Nehemiah is the same. I refuse with the justifiable answer that I will not be able to go down because I am doing a great work.
How do you feel when you see this incident that happened to Nehemiah?
It is the thought, “I must not be vigilant until the end.
Now that the wall construction is complete, all you need to do is attach the door. But if you see that the enemy's plan to kill has made it tenaciously 4 times, this is not only for Nehemiah, but also for our saints who are working for God today It is considered to be a thing. Our enemy Satan is the last, now it's all