Something from my QT this morning:

Nehemiah 1-2

Here, we see a great example of doing God’s work, or doing something for God.

1. It starts with weeping, fasting, prayer → Brokenness.
We need a burden from God, we need to be broken.
Nehemiah 1:4

2. Prayer :
Neh 1:5
Theology, adoration. (God of heaven, great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and obey his command.
Neh 1:6-7 Confession → we have sinned!
Neh 1:8 standing on God’s promise
Neh 1:11 Petition → Give me success!

3. Doing it
Neh 2:8 God’s gracious hand was upon Nehemiah
Neh 2:12 God has placed something in nehemiah’s heart to do.

When opposition, mocking, ridicule comes, we will then have our confidence and security in God. Neh 2:20

Even though Nehemiah didn’t sinned like how the Israelites did, he saw himself as part of them, and when he prayed, he said, WE have sinned!
If we are doing something for God, let us ask ourselves whether we have the burden for what we are doing. We must ask God to break us. If it’s the church, we must have a burden for the church. If it’s youth alpha, we must have a burden for the lost amongst the youths, if it’s our DG, we must have a burden for our DG members. Only when we have a burden, when we are broken, can we truly pray for those things, and truly be used by God.
They that sow in tears, will reap in joy. We need tears! Not crocodile tears, but penguin tears. Haha kidding. I mean, we need to really weep and cry out for our people.

(not sure if Neh is the short form for Nehemiah. Haha)