Nehemiah - Political leadership
There is hardly a better example of a godly political leader than Nehemiah. He faced so many political intrigues but yet prevailed. His secrets were
1. Continuous praying while working
There is hardly a better example of a godly political leader than Nehemiah. He faced so many political intrigues but yet prevailed. His secrets were
1. Continuous praying while working
2. Fiscal Self discipline - refusing lavish (or any) remuneration
3. Working and fighting, no point stopping to confront detractors and enemies
3. Working and fighting, no point stopping to confront detractors and enemies
During this time, none of us—not I, nor my relatives, nor my servants, nor the guards who were with me—ever took off our clothes. We carried our weapons with us at all times, even when we went for water.
who were building the wall. The laborers carried on their work with one hand supporting their load and one hand holding a weapon. All the builders had a sword belted to their side. The trumpeter stayed with me to sound the alarm.
For the entire twelve years that I was governor of Judah—from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of the reign of King Artaxerxes —neither I nor my officials drew on our official food allowance..
The former governors, in contrast, had laid heavy burdens on the people, demanding a daily ration of food and wine, besides forty pieces of silver. Even their assistants took advantage of the people. But because I feared God, I did not act that way.
Tobiah who was standing beside him, remarked, "That stone wall would collapse if even a fox walked along the top of it!" Then I prayed, "Hear us, our God, for we are being mocked. May their scoffing fall back on their own heads, and may they themselves become captives
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