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Nehemiah, chapter 5, verse 19.

Remember for my good, oh my God, all that I have done for this people.

What an interesting prayer.

And we see it at different points.

We see it again at the end of Nehemiah in chapter 13.

Nehemiah looking up to God in the middle of all that he's doing to work, to rebuild these walls around Jerusalem,

for the good of that city, for the good of the people across that city, for the glory of God's name among the nations surrounding Jerusalem.

And Nehemi says, remember for my good. Oh my God. All that I've done for this people.

And you start to wonder when you read this was, I mean, is this selfish of Nehemi? He wants to be

remembered by God for something. but when you think about it,

isn't this what we live for?

Don't you and I want to live for the day when we'll stand before God and by His grace,

only by His good hand upon us, which is what Nehemi has already emphasized.

Don't we want to hear God look at our lives in the past?

Well done. Good and faithful servant.

I want to hear that on that day. I want to live to hear that on that day.

And I'm guessing you do too. Like who wants to stand before God on that day. I want to live to hear that on that day. And I'm guessing you do too. Like who

who wants to stand before God on that day? And here, you missed it. You didn't. You weren't a good

servant. You were a faithless servant. None of us wants to hear that.

So can we just pause and pray today in view of that day?

God, remember us on that day, we pray.

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