Another verse that so accurately describes our current times is Proverbs 29:2:
2 When the [uncompromisingly] righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked man rules, the people groan and sigh.
We have not heard much rejoicing in this nation in the last three years! Groaning, sighing, crying, and very many calls to prayer! I believe that great revival is happening all over this nation and that God's people who know how to pray are praying as never before! We DO have good news in verse 16:
16 When the wicked are in authority, transgression increases, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall see the fall of the wicked.
AMEN, AMEN, AMEN!!! Stand strong on the Word of God and be consistent in prayer and we WILL see the One, True God deliver this nation again!
Philippians 1:6 is a verse that we should be constantly reminding ourselves of!
6 And I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that he Who began a good work in you will continue until the day of Jesus Christ [right up to the time of His return], developing [that good work] and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you.
The very moment that you received Jesus of Nazareth as Lord and personal Savior, the Spirit of Almighty God came to recreate your dead human spirit into the image of God, and to live IN you forever! He will never leaver you or forsake you (Hebrews 13:5) and He will continue His good work in you! That should give you great confidence that you can absolutely fulfill all that God has called you to do! Here is "No Not By Might" by Robin Marks:
In Nehemiah 10 we see the people of Israel back up their prayers to God with the commitment to obey the Law and to honor the Covenant. Verse 29:
29 Join now, with their brethren, their nobles, and enter into a curse and an oath to walk in God's Law which was given to Moses the servant of God and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes:
Then they acted out this obedience in Nehemiah 11 by choosing people to move in and inhabit the city of Jerusalem again. Verse 2:
2 And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered to live in Jerusalem.
I found this interesting from the Bible Exposition Commentary:
Now that the walls and gates of Jerusalem were restored, it was important that the Jews inhabit their capital city and make the population grow. For one thing, people were needed to protect the city; for they never knew when the enemy might decide to attack. It may have been safer for the people to live in the small outlying villages that were no threat to the Gentile society, but somebody had to take the risk and move into the big city.
Also, if the people really loved God and their holy city, they would want to live there, if only as a witness to the skeptical Gentiles around them. After all, why rebuild the city if you don't plan to live there? But most of all, God had brought the remnant back home because He had a special job for them to do; and to abandon the restored city was to obstruct the working out of God's will through Israel.
In other words, God needed people — live bodies — in the holy city. The Jews were asked to heed a call not unlike the one Paul wrote in Rom 12:1: "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service" (NKJV).
Never underestimate the importance of simply being physically present in the place where God wants you. You may not be asked to perform some dramatic ministry, but simply being there is a ministry. The men, women, and children who helped to populate the city of Jerusalem were serving God, their nation, and future generations by their step of faith.
We have always said that true prosperity is being where GOD wants you to be, doing what GOD wants you to do! That has not changed and it STILL pleases God! Amen!
Shalom in Him!
