Does God care about your work?
If I asked different people, I'd get different answers to that question. I think today's passage illustrates that God does care about our work and more importantly, our attitudes about our work. Take a look at this part of the passage:
We kept at it,
repairing and rebuilding the wall.
The whole wall was soon joined together
and halfway to its intended height
because the people had a heart for the work.
I love that the people came together to build a wall (not exactly spirtitual). Their work was better because their hearts got behind it...but something else was behind it, too. Let's review this section:
The wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of Elul.
It had taken fifty-two days.
When all our enemies heard the news
and all the surrounding nations saw it,
our enemies totally lost their nerve.
They knew that God was behind this work.
Not only does this passage show that God cares about our attitudes toward our work--it shows that He cares about the work itself. God can get behind our work (or not).
What's your attitude toward your work? Do you think God is behind what you do every day?
Tomorrow: Nehemiah 7
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