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937. Watching Workers

Nehemiah 4

Mark the use of the word “work,” which occurs seven times.

1. Their Purpose. “They had a mind to work” (Neh_4:6).

2. Their Persecution. “Cause the work to cease” (Neh_4:11).

3. Their Personality. “Every one unto his work” (Neh_4:15).

4. Their Perseverance. “Wrought in the work” (Neh_4:16).

5. Their Protection. “With one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other held a weapon” (Neh_4:17).

6. Their Prospect. “The work is great and large” (Neh_4:19).

7. Their Plan. “So we laboured in the work” (Neh_4:21).

All we do in life’s task can be done to and for the Lord. The maid in her service, the scholar in his lessons, the employer in his business, the workman in his task, the mother in the home, the lad in his errand, and the labourer in the field.

By: DR. F. E. MARSH