Subordinating Ourselves to God's Agenda - Ruminating in the Word of God

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Nehemiah 5:9,

"What you are doing is not right. Shouldn't you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our Gentile enemies?"

This is an accusation Nehemiah made against nobles and officials among the returnees in Jerusalem that were loaning money to their own countrymen during a famine. It resulted in their countrymen losing their homes, fields, vineyards, and having their daughters sold into slavery.

Nehemiah brought these nobles and officials together and demanded they return the homes and fields back to their countrymen and to free any enslaved Jews. The nobles and officials agreed to do so and did as they promised.

It is my perspective that Nehemiah's actions were in line with what the Lord was pursuing in preparing for the nation for the coming of her Messiah, Jesus Christ. Following the Lord's effecting the Jews release from bondage in Babylon, he was not interested in seeing them enslaved to one another.

In the Scriptures we find that the practice of things in life, how people conduct their financial affairs, how they treat one another, both in the marketplace, as well as anyplace, are all to be subordinated to what it is the Lord is busy pursuing.

Since the Lord is building his kingdom today, how might he have me conduct myself and my affairs to aid him in that endeavor?

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!

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