WEDNESDAY’S
WORD
November 14,
2012
False Evidence
Appearing
Real
Nehemiah on the wall:
Ask and Receive
Psalm
34:4
4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Nehemiah: 2:1-10
In the month of
Nisan (ne-a-san) in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was
brought for him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in
his presence before, 2 so the king asked me,
“Why does your face look so sad when you are not ill? This can be nothing but
sadness of heart.”
I was very much afraid, 3 but I said to the king, “May the king live forever! Why
should my face not look sad when the city where my ancestors are buried lies in
ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
4 The king said to me,
“What is it you want?”
Then I prayed to the God of
heaven, 5 and I answered the king, “If it
pleases the king and if your servant has found favor in his sight, let him send
me to the city in Judah where my ancestors are buried so that I can rebuild
it.”
6 Then the king, with
the queen sitting beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and
when will you get back?” It pleased the king to send me; so I set a time.
7 I also said to him,
“If it pleases the king, may I have letters to the governors of
Trans-Euphrates, so that they will provide me safe-conduct until I arrive in
Judah? 8 And may I have a letter to Asaph,
keeper of the royal park, so he will give me timber to make beams for the gates
of the citadel by the temple and for the city wall and for the residence I will
occupy?” And because the gracious hand of my God was on me, the king granted my
requests. 9 So I went to the governors of
Trans-Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army
officers and cavalry with me.
10 When Sanballat the
Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were very much
disturbed that someone had come to promote the welfare of the Israelites.
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