The We're often inspired when we hear stories of great sacrifice, but can those stories be joyful?

Under Nehemiah's leadership, the Israelites sacrificed greatly to

rebuild and maintain the walls around Jerusalem, and today on Truth for Life,

Alistirbegg explores what they sacrificed and the On versus 27 through 47. We are moving towards the conclusion of a series of studies in the book of now Maya in which we've been

discovering the way in which God's people were learning how to do God's work in

God's way and this under the leadership primarily of one man by the name of Nehemiah.

And here they have reached a day for which they had long been waiting, namely the day of the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem.

And the whole record of this begins in the 27th verse of chapter 12.

And Nhamaya, along with his colleague Ezra, was very clear about the fact

that whatever role they may have been privileged to play, the completed wall which now

this day they celebrated was a graphic illustration of the reality of God's

power and God's provision.

It would have been a dreadful thing for Mahmaya to take glory to himself or for Ezra to begin to congratulate himself.

And in actuality, these men understood that it was on account of God's faithfulness.

For Namaya to waken to this day of dedication, he would remember the gracious hand of God

upon him that allowed him the freedom to move from

Susan. He would remember the way in which he was granted the letters from the king,

the amazing way in which God went beyond his demands and gave to him the provision of soldiers and forests

and wood and all that was necessary for him.

No sense of self-congratulation in the midst of all of this. Now let's

imagine for a moment that CNN was covering the event and they was there to

he was there to capture all the sites and all the sounds.

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