Christian Devotional – July 2, 2017

Nehemiah had a plan. As we continue in Nehemiah chapter 2, we look at verses one through eight and we see that while Nehemiah had spent all of the last chapter praying, he had also be formulating a plan. He had no idea whether he would have an opportunity to do anything with his plan, but God worked things out so that the King was the one who brought up the situation and the King asked Nehemiah what he was like to have happened.

When we are praying, we should expect that God is going to utilize us to be part of the answer. Now, this doesn’t always happen, but if God has placed a burden for something on our hearts, it’s very reasonable to assume that God is going to allow us the opportunity to be part of the solution. Are we ready to take our burden to the next step? Do we just pray about things and then go on our way, or are we actively looking for ways that God can use us to be part of the answer to the very thing we’re praying for? What is God burdening us about? While praying about it, are we ready to take action when God presents the opportunity?