Stress Test Devotional May 4
May 04, 2024
NEHEMIAH 1:1-3| The words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah. In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in Susa the capital, one of my brothers, Hanani, came with certain men from Judah; and I asked them about the Jews that survived, those who had escaped the captivity, and about Jerusalem. They replied, “The survivors there in the province who escaped captivity are in great trouble and shame; the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been destroyed by fire.”
Tenacious loyal faith is important. Nehemiah had been deported to Babylon, many miles from Jerusalem, a distance that took four months to traverse. His life and work were in the court of the Babylonian monarch, Artaxerxes. Yet out of sight was not out of mind. He was still invested in the fate of Jerusalem, and the suffering of his people. Personally successful, and an advisor to the king, he nevertheless cared about his ancestral faith and fellow Jews.
Who taught you loyalty?
Where does loyalty show up in your life?
