From the Top Down . . .

Those of Israelite descent had separated themselves from all foreigners. They stood in their places and confessed their sins and the sins of their ancestors.

(Nehemiah 9:2)

A public display of humility and repentance. Now that is something rarely witnessed today! Oh, we will admit that we are a called out and peculair people. (1 Peter 2:9) We will admit we are saved by grace and a forgiven people. (Ephesians 2:8) We are quick to confess we have vivtory in Jesus! (1 Corinthians 15:57)

However, we are not a quick to admt our sin and our disrespect for a God who freely gives us grace and mercy! Read here in Nehemiah 9 as the people recited their history of disobedience and refusal to honor their God. Yet despite all this, God remained faithful. (Nehemiah 9:33)

Do we really look honestly at our lives and see just how merciful, how faithful God has been? Do we see our constant disobedience, disrespect, and unbelief? Doe we recognize just how often we leave God out, despite His please to include Him in our daily plans?

Our nation's walls are too falling apart. Our families are beginning to crumble at the very foundation. Even our churches have some wide gaps and the enemy is infiltrating. Would God not be pleased if we did as the people of Israel and made a firm agreement, sealed with our very hearts? It begins from the top down . . . yet we must be one on this! Nehemiah was the first to sign and the rest followed. (Nehemiah 10:1, Nehemiah 10:29) Are we in agreement today?

“In view of all this, we are making a binding agreement, putting it in writing, and our leaders, our Levites and our priests are affixing their seals to it.”

(Nehemiah 9:38)

I will . . . .