Nehemiah's Generosity

 

Nehemiah 5:13-19

 

May 17, 2022

 

Nehemiah's Generosity

“Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor.   The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God.   I also persevered in the work on this wall, and we acquired no land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work.   Moreover, there were at my table 150 men, Jews, and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us.   Now what was prepared at my expense for each day was one ox and six choice sheep and birds, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Yet for all this, I did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because the service was too heavy on this people.   Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people.”

 

You will not find greed, but love, you will not see a man who seeks power to rule over but a desire to restore and rebuild a great nation to honor not them, but God.  Yes, Nehemiah was not like the group that now holding power over the United States of America.   They are into building up but tearing down the foundation that made the United States, different from all nations.  Yes we have made a few bad mistakes, yes we have had leaders who made some bad decisions, but we have never till this area, had leaders that wanted to destroy the dependence on God, and His authority over all.

 

Could what is taking place in our nation be, the needless crime, the greed for more, whatever the more is, and the murder of people of different, in skin color, or has a belief that we are not in agreement with, be under control by their father the devil, will set out to destroy.  If you believe this is a new thing, you have not been observing our culture.  We have lowered our schools of high learning with people who taught lies and revised history to make this nation sound like our founding fathers were evil and not seeking to be Nehemiah.  Sure they made mistakes, but so do you and I, why can we not understand, that we are all in need of the leadership of the Spirit of God.

 

How can a nation that is divided be restored, it has to do as the people of Nehemiah day, and have a great outcry against the evil that is taking place in the leadership of our nation.  We have to pray for God to forgive us for the taking of lies, as we have done in the abortion business, and it is a business, the business of taking life.  When one life has no meaning, you will soon see a nation that is like our once great nation, where every week we see the murder of people.

 

Yes, the United States of America needs God, but does God need us, greedy people who worship stuff, and self.  The answer is found not in a political party, nor in a man unless they are God’s man with a heart like Nehemiah.

 

From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice