The Great Orchestrator! (Nehemiah 2:9)

          Then I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen.

THE STUDY:

          He is off! We believe it will take him about 2 months to arrive at his destination. Nehemiah is on his way to Jerusalem with documents in hand and a military escort. I can only imagine the king’s captains and horsemen riding together as one team escorting the king’s favored servant. I can only imagine how those townsmen must have felt as this military team gallops through as one locomotive passing through a small country town. Better yet, I can only imagine how Nehemiah felt with the authority and protection from the king.

          I would like to believe that all of this was reassuring to Nehemiah but what was most secure in his heart was that God had ordained all of this. He was in transit by the authority of God and was given God’s protection. Sometimes we can get caught up in all the emotion and hoopla of what’s taking place and forget it was orchestrated and being played out by God.

                             

WHAT WE CAN WALK AWAY WITH ….

• We walk away this morning with the understanding that while experiencing all the wonder and beauty of God’s plan and/or creation we should never forget, it is He that is making it happen and it is He who has ordained it to be so.

APPLICATION:

          I am reminded of a story of an lady who was in a hurry to get home from work. She had company coming over for dinner and she needed to get some things from the store on the way home. She pulls into the grocery parking lot and to her disappointment she finds it full. As her heart starts to race she begins to pray, “Lord, please give me a parking spot close to the front so I can get in and out quickly.”

          She drove around and around for what seemed like hours (actually about 2 minutes) and continued to pray. Her heart was starting to beat faster as her anxiety level started to go up. But right in the middle of her repeated prayer she noticed a spot opening up. She immediately says to God, “Never mind Lord, I found one!”

          Unlike this woman at the grocery store, Nehemiah never forgot who was the great orchestrator of his life was, God! Let us remember that no matter how emotional we get, no matter how much our anxiety level rises, or no matter how bleak the situations may look, God is the one orchestrating, maneuvering, and in control.   

Blessings my friends

Pastor Rod