Nehemiah faced many attempts to get him to stop the work he was doing
Satan is always trying to get God’s servants to "come down", but if we do there are certain things we can expect to lose.
If we come down we abandon what God has called us to "occupy"
Psalms 84:10
We abandon the Work
Nehemiah was commissioned to a great work, but "any" work for God is a great work.
Satan will try everything he can to get us to come down…but don’t
God’s work is too important to ever abandon… John 21:3
Matthew 10: 32-33 We abandon our Witness
Nehemiah had a position of authority and respect among the people, if he had stopped the people would have been watching.
We are being watched by younger Christians, and do not want to cause them to stumble.
Proverbs 3: 1-
7 We abandon our Diet
We must not lose our focus no matter what the devil tries to distract us with.
He will attack our weakness, try to get us to act rashly, without thinking.
Our Diet is very important, just as the physical, even more with the spiritual. If we spend 15 minutes a meal at the table for our physical diet, are we spending that much time on our knees for our spiritual diet? What about the Word? Do we spend as much time in it as we do in front of the TV?
Luke 9: 62
Jesus encouraged us to keep our eyes and minds on the task that He has assigned us.
Do you need to adjust your diet?
Are you starving your spirit?
Are you opening the door for the devil… when he asks you to step down from the wall… are your defenses weak?