Our God shall fight for us

In Nehemiah, chapter four, verse twenty, when our work for God is genuinely undertaken in faith and humility to bring God glory and to advance His kingdom, using the weapons of the Spirit, we can rest assured that no matter how great the difficulties, God will fight for us.

We must watch always against spiritual enemies and not expect that our warfare will be over till our work ends. The word of God is the sword of the Spirit, which we ought to have always at hand and never to have to seek it either in our labors or in our conflicts as Christians. Every Christian is both a laborer and a soldier, working with one hand, and fighting with the other. Good work is likely to go on with success when those who labor in it make a business of it. 

And Satan fears to assault the watchful Christian, or, if attacked, the Lord fights for him. Therefore, must we wait to the close of life, never putting off our armor till our work and warfare are ended; then we shall be welcomed to the rest and joy of our Lord.

Nehemiah four, verses seven through twenty-three, show how they set a watch because of verses seven through nine. “But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, and conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. Nevertheless, we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.” Remember, as believers, we cannot fight in our physical strength, the battle is mainly spiritual.

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