The value of faith and steadfastness in the midst of spiritual struggles

SUMMARY: Challenges and opposition are not uncommon for Christians who follow Christ. Nehemiah, although he did not know Christ, trusted in God and was a champion of the faith. He rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem and awakened the people from their spiritual slumber. When faced with mockery and death threats, Nehemiah's faith allowed him to unite a people who built the walls of the city with one hand in construction work and the other grasping the sword to face any opposition from the enemy. Our adversary, like Nehemiah's enemies, is insistent and tries to disorganize our faith. Faith gives us firmness, patience, perseverance and is the foundation and guarantee of our victory in Christ. In Christ, we can rebuild the walls that the enemy has managed to break down. Let's continue building walls and lives in Christ for His eternal glory.

Challenges and oppositions are not alien to the Christian who decides to follow Christ. This statement would seem like a contradiction, but I think it is not. Nehemiah did not know Christ, but he trusted his God - also ours - of whom every generation of Jews told the wonders and miracles for his people since the exodus from Egypt.

Nehemiah was not only the leader who rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem and awakened the people from their spiritual slumber, but he was also a champion of the faith. Spiritual struggles are won through faith. Without faith, effective and efficient leadership is practically impossible. When the opposition intensified its mockery and death threats, when the people fainted in the immense work that lay ahead, Nehemiah was not intimidated and moved on. As much as they tried to intimidate him into turning him away from the work that God had entrusted to him, his firmness and his faith allowed him to unite a people who built the walls of the city with one hand in the construction work and the other grasping the sword to face any opposition from the enemy. "All those who were working on the reconstruction wore their sword at their waist" (Neh 4.18NVI).

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