Author: Neil Hudson

Keeping going is hard. There are so many things that are likely to distract us and tempt us to give up.

Nehemiah knew that experience all those years ago. And the way he dealt with it is still helpful to us today.

It’s a common experience. We begin projects with all the best intentions. We think it’s the right moment, the right cause, the right strategy. And it starts well but then everything hits the fan. And we can be left floundering.

It happened to Nehemiah, it will happen to you. His story helps.

It’s worth listening to and living out in our own contexts.

Seeing a need, hearing a call, or even getting a vision isn’t the hard bit. What many of us find difficult is moving from that stage to knowing what to do.

Nehemiah’s experience offers timeless help for those who want to make a difference in the world.

Nehemiah is not a priest, nor a prophet, nor a governor. He is ‘just’ a cupbearer to a foreign king, working for the ‘civil service’. So what can we learn from his response to hearing some bad news?