Chapter 11 of Nehemiah is another one of those chapters that lists a bunch of people with names that are hard to pronounce settling in a bunch of towns that we aren't really familiar with. Kinda hard to draw a lesson out of such a list.
But when I studied this chapter last summer, it really resonated with me. Prior to Nehemiah's return to Jerusalem, the Jews were living in captivity. Now God has raised up a leader, given him favor with the foreign king, and blessed his efforts to rebuild the wall and the city. Now people are moving back into their hometowns and resuming the lives they lived prior to captivity.
It's such a great reminder that God's will can not be thwarted. He has a plan and He will see it through to the end, regardless of the detours along the way. So when I get down and wonder if the plan has gone awry or if God is still working, I just go back and look at Nehemiah 11...the culmination of God's plan to bring His people out of captivity...and I begin again to wait expectantly for all that God's plan will ultimately reveal in my life.
- Holly Barrett
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