When word came to...our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left in it... Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message:
"Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono."
But they were scheming to harm me;
Nehemiah 6:1-2 NIV
It looks like Nehe's project is going to be successful & his enemies have moved from ridicule to luring Nehe out for a meeting.
He recognised the motivation and said no.
Sometimes "no" is OK.
Recognising the enemy is the thing.
The thinking of this world, our own corrupt motivation, or the work of the devil...the enemy is subtle and cunning and like Nehe we need to be wise to that
The restoration project was too important to slow down or put at risk.
Jesus said to be wise as serpents and harmless as doves as you're going out like sheep among wolves.
God's restoration project He has called us to is too important...
#bewise
#sometimesnoisok