DO LIKE NEHEMIAH DID

PART THREE

Hello readers! The final chapter about Nehemiah is here. By the way, if you are new to these blogs catch the previous ones first. We will discuss the 6th final aspect that Nehemiah did when chaos occurred all around him. Seeing his courage, we can implement what he did when confusion, distractions, and fear strikes as we climb to succeed in our goals. 

6.) Focus on adversity. The adversaries cunningly devised a lethal plan against Nehemiah to get him off the Wall. They felt if they could get the leader and kill him everything will fall apart for they believed that the Jews would never be able to finish rebuilding the Wall without him. They tried three different plans each thwarted for Nehemiah remained focus on adversity.

• Sanballat and Geshem sent letters to Nehemiah to meet in one of the villages in the plain of Ono. Nehemiah refuses to meet them for Nehemiah perceived they wanted to do some mischief. Nehemiah 6:3: "And I sent messengers unto them, saying, 'I am engaged in a great work so I can't come. Why should I stop working and come and meet with you?'"

• After the fourth time in the same above manner with Nehemiah's same response, Sanballat's servant came to Nehemiah with an open letter. In this letter, it stated that a rumor is going on that Nehemiah is a rebel who wants to be king. This news has already spread among the heathen, and it will be reported to the king of Persia. The disclosure will look very bad for Nehemiah. With tactics of persuasion in the face of fear for Nehemiah, it would be best to take counsel with Tobiah, Sanballat, and Geshem who would help him. Nehemiah said it is a lie, and it comes forth out of his own heart. He will not stop this great work and come down from the Wall.

• Shemaiah a Jewish priest tried to coax Nehemiah to come off the Wall prognosticating that the adversaries will slay him in the night so come and stay with him in the Temple. Nehemiah replied in Nehemiah 6:11-13, "'Should someone in my position run from danger? Should someone in my position enter the Temple to save his life? No, I won't do it!' I realized that God had not spoken to him, but that he uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. They were hoping to intimidate me and make me sin. Then they would be able to accuse and discredit me."'

All three trickery represents one central point - to get Nehemiah out of position to get him in a new place to destroy him. Are you out of position from your task? The enemy loves to see you in a new place so you can be DESTROYED. Maybe not you with physical death but death to your purpose, visions, and goals. Instead, stay focus on your task. Don't ever let the opposition have the final word. When problems occur, don't become negative and sour bogged down with distractions, doubt or fear. EMBRACE your problems by running toward them with faith, belief, and optimism. Your cheerful reactions to your hindrances will propel you further toward your destiny.

After 52 days the ruined Wall stood whole, massively tall, and completed. The Moabites, Ammonites, Ashdodites, Arabians, and the Samaritans who mockingly, cruelly did not think the Jews lead by the man called Nehemiah would succeed, yet now saw with their own eyes the completed Wall of Jerusalem. They knew the work was wrought by God. The Jews did not capitulate because of their enemies threats. Instead, 1. They stop listening to accusing voices; 2. they prayed; 3. they did not take criticism personally, 4. they went from believing to expecting, 5. they protected what was theirs, and 6. they focus on adversity. Keep these points in your forefront, and you too will triumph just like Nehemiah and the Jews did!

 To your wealth!

DO LIKE NEHEMIAH DID

PART TWO

As the Jews lead by a courageous man named Nehemiah, they forged to succeed in a daunting task of rebuilding the broken down and shambled Wall of Jerusalem. We see 6 essential aspects they did initiate by Nehemiah that we can keep them in our forefront when we desire to achieve our own goals. In part one we saw how 1. they stop listening to accusing voices, 2. they prayed, and 3. they did not take criticism personally. As we continue we will look at 4 and 5. If you have not read part one, it would be good to read that first.

4. They went from believing to expecting. As we know, Nehemiah already expected the ruined Wall completed in "Can You See Your Wealth Using Autosuggestion and Visualization?" He mustered the people's faith or belief that they could rebuild the Wall transforming it into action. An action represents the vital component one must have moving from believing to expecting. Action manifests the reality your belief must see as tangible.

5. They protected what was theirs. "Meanwhile, our enemies were saying, 'Before they know what's happening, we will swoop down on them and kill them and end their work,'" Nehemiah 4:11. Nehemiah heard about the plan the enemies conspired. He took action. He had half of the people to continue the work while another half held spears, shields, bows, and body armors as they watched the surroundings beside the workers ready for a fight. This was their lives being threatened. Nehemiah not only had the workers protected, but he also had men with spears, swords, and bows defending their families and their homes. Rebuilding the Wall belongs to their heritage and not anyone else.  With Nehemiah's quick scheme of action the counsel of trickery from the adversaries came to a halt.

Fight for your dream, your vision, your goal. Do not allow outsiders or distractions within you or around you destroy your business opportunities, or you losing weight, or you getting your degree from a university for examples. Remain steadfast with perseverance. To keep you on track, use autosuggestion and visualizations (previous blog) as you remind yourself of your goal and why you are doing it. Visualize that you have it before it manifests. Another point, if you run into problems and it seems like you can't find a solution, try the following: before you go to bed tell your subconscious about that particular setback(s), and say to your subconscious, "Discover viable solution(s) for those hindrances." You see, your conscious mind sleeps while you sleep, but your subconscious mind remains awake. It's always working for you even while you sleep. So while you sleep through the night with no worries knowing everything will be fine in the morning, once you awake your creative subconscious mind has an answer with clarity. It is amazing! Try it. It works for me. If you do not perceive an answer in the morning, as you get ready for bed once again inform your subconscious about the obstacles and voice it to find a remedy. No solution when you awake? Then do it again until you receive a huge payoff! Just do NOT worry or allow fear keeping you from having a good night sleep.

I will address the last point Nehemiah did in the following blog.

To your wealth!

This will be continued...