What do you want to be remembered for?

 Nehemiah was truly a man of prayer, the book opens in chapter 1 with him humbling himself before the Lord in prayer, every time Nehemiah faces a challenge where does he turn to the Lord in prayer, and at the close of the book we see Nehemiah go to the Lord one final time in prayer.

It’s amazing though as you read Nehemiah’s final prayer (chapter 13) there is one thing that is strangely missing. Not once does he refer to what most men would consider his greatest accomplishment… the reconstruction of Jerusalem.

If we were writing this today, we would be singing the praises of Nehemiah not for purifying his people from sin but for the beauty of the walls and the strength of the people inside them… This was true in that day as well and rather seeking out praise of men, or even the praise of God for the very evident physical achievements he is seeking out the favor of God not for these things but for the work of purification in the lives of the people.

If only more people today would be less concerned about receiving a pat on the back and more about the souls of their fellow man we would not live in such a mess of a world…

Just my 2 cents for the morning…