Overcoming opposition

Ben Green | Nehemiah 4 

When Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the people of Ashdod heard that the repairs to Jerusalem’s walls had gone ahead and that the gaps were being closed, they were very angry. They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and stir up trouble against it. But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat.

Nehemiah and the people of Jerusalem are doing God's work, and making good progress. Then, opposition appears, and the difficulties mount up. What's going on? Ben explains what our attitude should be to opposition and how we should respond. There's a big clue in the words “But we prayed...”

The recording begins with the reading from Susan Mole.