Today's Reading
Many years ago, I served on the staff of a church in another state. We had a man in that church, one of our leaders, who frequently approached us with complaints. "People are saying..." was his typical intro to the complaint. I discovered that the "people" of whom he spoke were usually his sister and brother-in-law, two very negative folks who complained often. They were against any change, even those which would help us touch more of our city with the love of Christ.
During that time, our pastor was preaching through the book of Nehemiah. He found an amazing truth in this verse: and this is what it said:
"There is a rumor among the surrounding nations, and Geshem tells me it is true, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel and that is why you are building the wall. According to his reports, you plan to be their king. (Nehemiah 6:6 NLT) The name "Geshem", it turns out, means something very close to "people are saying." Rebuilding the Wall would help all the Jews, but some of them were so close to their enemies that they were betraying their own people. Nehemiah stayed on task and the Wall got built!
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