You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart - Jeremiah 29:13.
Nehemiah who was a cupbearer to the king
of Persia, wept and mourned for many days when he heard that the wall of
Jerusalem is broken and gates are burned with fire. He was a man of compassion
as he wept and mourned on hearing the needs of people. So it was, when I heard
these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting
and praying before the God of heaven - Nehemiah 1:4. He fasted and prayed
before the God of Heaven.
Nehemiah praised God and confessed
the sins of people. And I said: “I pray, Lord God of heaven, O great and
awesome God, You who keep Your covenant and mercy with those who love You and
observe Your commandments. Please let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open,
that You may hear the prayer of Your servant which I pray before You now, day
and night, for the children of Israel Your servants, and confess the sins of
the children of Israel which we have sinned against You. Both my father’s house
and I have sinned. We have acted very corruptly against You, and have not kept
the commandments, the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your
servant Moses - Nehemiah 1:5-7.
Nehemiah spent more time in prayer and sought God for His direction before building the walls of Jerusalem. He prayed by holding on to the promises of God. Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations; but if you return to Me, and keep My commandments and do them, though some of you were cast out to the farthest part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and bring them to the place which I have chosen as a dwelling for My name’ - Nehemiah 1:8,9.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, Give us a heart of
compassion and help us to seek your face for the needs of people. In Jesus’
name we pray. Amen.
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