As the Israelites began rebuilding their temple wall, they quickly realized that doing something worth doing didn’t mean there wouldn’t be opposition or difficulties. Today, as we try to honor God’s character and purposes in our day-to-day work, we are likely to run into opposition, too—sometimes from others, and sometimes from our own ingrained habits. But Nehemiah reminds us that God has provided us with everything we need to learn to trust Him and overcome.

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We have a tendency to consider work a necessary evil, but nothing could be farther from the truth. The work we do in this world comes in a host of guises, but it’s all a necessary good. We’re called to work, and whatever conflicts or set-backs we experience, work draws us into a new community.

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