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Day by Day Devotional - Year 2 of 5
Devotional: November 28th

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Nehemiah 2:1-8

While the children of Judah were enduring misery and reproach, Nehemiah held a most honourable position at the court: that of the king’s cupbearer. He could have selfishly kept this influential post, and even justified it by saying to himself: "As I have the king’s confidence, I will be most useful to my people by his side. God has put me here for that purpose." But Nehemiah does not reason in that way. His heart, like that of Moses in a previous age, prompts him to visit his brethren, the children of Israel (Acts 7:23). And rather than enjoy the pleasures of the royal palace for a season, he chooses "to suffer affliction with the people of God" (Hebrews 11:25).

Notice that his conversation with Artaxerxes is not only preceded (Nehemiah 1:11) but also accompanied by prayer (Nehemiah 1:5). Between the question of the king and his own answer, Nehemiah finds time to speak to God in his heart. That has been called a "prayer-arrow". Let us imitate this example more often! As a result we shall see, as did this servant (whose first allegiance was to the LORD rather than to the king), the good hand of God resting on us and on all that we do.

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