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How can reminding ourselves of our covenant relationships help us to see the bigger picture when we face opposition from within?

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.

Chapter 3 of Nehemiah includes the names of people who worked selflessly for the sake of others.

Some were not particularly prepared; some seemed to have a better deal than others. Together they rebuild.

They have a memory of how things should be, and they are determined to all work towards the restoration of what they had once known.

You may not feel equipped or trained, but you are given a place. What does it look like when you feel that your ‘place’ is not what you would want?

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?