Day 7
“When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were very much disturbed that someone had come to promote the welfare of the Israelites.” Nehemiah 2:10 As we look at the account of Nehemiah leading the people of Israel to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, we will see how the enemies of Israel respond immediately and attempt to stop the work. It does not please the enemy when we decide to follow God wholeheartedly. Satan does not want us to worship God and do His will. He is happy for us to be passive, apathetic and powerless and will always tempt us to worship created things rather than the Creator! Ultimately, the enemy wants you to worship him by serving yourself, created things and anything else other than God (see Matthew 4:8,9). It should not surprise us that when we decide to devote our hearts and lives to serving God that the enemy gets upset and will try to discourage us from pursuing God. Peter writes, “If you are insulted because of...