Daily Devotional – ‘In His Footstep’
By Kingdom Support Initiatives (KSi)
April 15th 2022

Who Does God Uses? (II)

So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with their heart. Neh. 4:6

Bible Reading: Nehemiah 4

Yesterday, we noted the fact that God desires to use His creation for His glory. However, God is interested in those who seek Him wholeheartedly in holiness (2 Timothy 2:19) and those who pursue the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace (Ephesians 4:3). Such people have an understanding of unity in the kingdom and work according to God’s principles (Ephesians 4:4-6).

Furthermore, persevering vessels who are hardworking like the apostles are useful for the kingdom. Watchmen that can tarry for long and forebear in the face of adversity. In the case of Nehemiah, it got to a point that they held swords with one hand and built with the other hand. I imagined how extremely difficult that must have been both physically and psychologically. It would have been very easy to be exhausted but they never stopped. They kept on doing what the Lord called them to do.

Despite Sanballat and Tobias’ opposition, Nehemiah and his people trusted the Almighty God. They understood the purpose of what they were doing. They knew it was for God. In that case, God would surely help them. Really, they could not have done that without total reliance on God. They even boldly claimed: “Our God will fight for us” (V.20).

Eventually, God’s grace empowered them to fulfil their purpose. God saw their willingness and obedience and released the grace needed for the task unto His people. In the mission God has called us to, By God’s grace, I hope we can continually be holy unto God, seek the unity of thebrethren, persevere in hard work and place all our trust in God, knowing that He who called usis always faithful to bring to pass His words.

Action Point: Pray that you would be strengthened with might by God’s spirit in your inner man. Eph. 3:16

Intercessory prayer: Pray for fellow brothers and sisters in Christ today.

Hymn: Take my life and let it be

Consecrated Lord to Thee

Take my moments and my days

Let them flow in ceaseless praise