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
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he ...
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