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Undistracted praise9/16/2023 4)ĭISTRACTION #3: A false accusation comes, full of deception about the leader personally that they feel they must stop and take time to address. They sent messages to me four times in this manner and I answered them in the same way. He will not give in and recognizes the repeated invitation as a repeated scheme. THE NEHEMIAH RESPONSE: A good leader perseveres in his unwillingness to turn aside from God’s task. They sent messages to me four times in this manner … (vs. The enemy’s thought is that surely the leader will be distracted if the temptation is repeated enough times. 3)ĭISTRACTION #2: The temptation to turn aside comes back multiple times, often in multiple forms. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?” (vs. So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. He is gladly willing to say “No” to every competing distraction. He prioritizes everything that is presented to him, and only does what God has initiated. THE NEHEMIAH RESPONSE: A good leader recognizes the God-work that he is doing and refuses to be turned aside. Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, to Geshem the Arab and to the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall, and that no breach remained in it, although at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates, then Sanballat and Geshem sent a message to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together at Chephirim in the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me. His one intent is to turn your hand away from God’s work. This could be an invitation to be involved in a conversation, an entertainment, a game, a nice honor that seems a worthy thing to stop and engage in. It sounds innocuous, but there is behind it a deadly intent. Notice how the temptation develops and how Nehemiah deals with it at every turn.ĭISTRACTION #1: We receive a simple invitation to leave God’s work. Nehemiah, Chapter 6 is given to all of us, and particularly leaders, to teach us how to deal with this debilitating scheme. The devil doesn’t have to destroy you in order to keep you from doing God’s work he just has to distract you. There is a constant pull away from what is vital and essential to that which is secondary and even evil. We live in a world filled with distractions. THE UNSTOPPABLE POWER OF AN UNDISTRACTED LIFE
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