Nehemiah 11 - 13, Psalm 126 (29th September) - Andrew

Nehemiah 11
The leaders of the people were living in Jerusalem, together with a tenth of the people from the other towns of Benjamin and Judah.
And then the list of the names of the provincial officials who came to Jerusalem precedes…

Nehemiah 12
The first part of this chapter lists down the name of the priests and Levites who had returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the high priest.
Followed on is the list of the decendents of Jeshua the high priests.
And then comes the dedication of the new wall built in Jerusalem. Nehemiah himself led the leaders of Judah to the top of the wall and organized two large choirs from Jerusalem to give thanks unto the Lord. Some of the priests played trumpets and others played the other instruments. When I was reading this part of the chapter, I can almost paint in my mind the picture of that is going on by the description of it. And its so awesome and marvelous to see them coming together, playing musical instruments and singing praises to God. How beautiful isn’t it?

Nehemiah 13
Eliashib the priests who had been appointed the supervisor of the storerooms of the Temple of God and who was the relative of Tobiah, converted a large storage room and gave it to Tobiah. This room had previously been used to store the grain offerings, frankincense, Temple utensils and tithes of grain, new wine, olive oil, and the special portion set aside for the priests – all of these are for the works of the Lord. And when Nehemiah realized what Eliashib had done, he became very upset and threw all of Tobiah’s belongings out of the room and he purified the room and brought all the things that were once in the room back.

Summary: Nehemiah was a faithful man. A man walking very close to God and His words
(For example, He did not let any men work during the Sabbath day and did not let the men of Judah intermarried women from Ashdod, Ammon and Moab.).

Psalm 126
This psalm is a praise of psalm to the Lord.
“Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy. They weep as they go to plant their seed, but they sing as they return with the harvest.”
- verse 5 - 6

Yes. Continue to perservere on the works of the Lord. Continue to serve Him faithfully and by the end of the days, you will be surprised by the blessings you will get from Him.