Christian Devotional – July 10, 2017

Do we get angry at the injustices we see around us? Nehemiah did. We continue on and Nehemiah chapter 4, we see in the first 13 verses of the chapter that there was some serious injustice happening among the Jewish people. The people had nothing. They had just been released from captivity and were coming back to their lands and their fields, and yet those people who did have anything we’re subjecting the others to huge loans such that people couldn’t possibly find ways to repay them. They were selling their children into slavery to try to repay these loans and all of these were loans that the Jewish people were exacting upon each other. Nehemiah was outraged and immediately thought to put a stop to this horrible injustice.

When we see injustices happening around us, does it make us mad? Do we get angry about the things that would anger God? We have such great opportunities to make a difference in the lives of so many people who are experiencing evil and injustice in this world, the question is will we take a stand? Will we be the voice for the voiceless? Nehemiah was, what will we do?