Nehemiah 4:1-6

After the Jews returned from the Babylonian captivity, under the leadership of Nehemiah they began a huge project of rebuilding the wall.  During their course of rebuilding the wall they experience opposition. A man by the name of Sanballat was furious and began mocking the Jews to discourage them from continuing to build. Then came a man by the name of Tobiah and he attempted to also discourage the Jews from building the wall, by saying that if a fox were to jump on top of it, that it would surely crumble to the ground. Nehemiah wisely responded by prayer in order to encourage the workers to continue and to ask for God's strength.  After that prayer they continued to built and in just fifty two days they finished the wall. It is said of the workers in verse six that "the people had a mind to work."  Our church is currently taking on a huge task of painting our building. This old building needs a lot of prep work before paint can even be applied, it is a huge job. Yesterday a man named Allen and I were working hard and looking at the task ahead of us we could have easily let discouragement settle in. I believe the highlight of the day was when Allen had enough wisdom to ask me to pray for strength. We stood along the side of the highway in front of the church and prayed and then went to work. Needless to say we barely scratched the surface on the huge project, but if we continue to have a mind to work and with the help of others I believe we can finish it. In life we are going to face opposition the secret lies in having a spirit of prayer and a mind to just keep on working! Whatever issue you are working on in your life the answer is seeking God through prayer and a perseverance to just not quit!