Heralds Digest

  ” Next to them the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work of their Lord .“ ‭‭Nehemiah‬ ‭3‬:‭5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ There is no doubt that the goal of the birth of Emmanuel is the salvation of the world from sin slavery. But there is always doubt that the reason for every season which celebrates His birth is kept consistent by believers with this goal. Why? Our goals are easily in conflict with God’s goal as life happens, opportunity arises, and knowledge increases. For example, even when everyone with Nehemiah had earlier agreed to join hands to rebuild Jerusalem, the scriptures signed out the nobles of Tekoites for a divergence of goal during the period of implementation. Perhaps, their exposures to knowledge have now offered them a better way of getting the work done without the use of their shoulders. Notwithstanding, the record of their contributions was never provided in line with the great achievements of the Lord’s project completion, especiall...

“Next to them the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work of their Lord....After them the Tekoites repaired another section, next to the great projecting tower, and as far as the wall of Ophel.” ‭‭Nehemiah‬ ‭3:5, 27‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/neh.3.5,27.nkjv Nobility comes with a great sacrifice and dedication; but once made, the celebrity concern appears to pervert the novelist in nobles. Man is purposely made to do anything necessary; and whatever he becomes in the process should never distract the primary focus of a purpose-driven life. Unfortunately, the nobles among the Tekoites lost the novelist in their calling on the altar of their noble status. ‘Anything necessary’ eventually appeared the assignment for common people to these nobles, who ‘did not put their shoulders to the work of their Lord’. And by the time the next assignment, to repair ‘the great projecting tower, and as far as the wall of Ophel’, appeared, they have been dise...