Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.

I started counting all the different names when I got lost and I started to read different

ones, but I can't pronounce half of them. This is a picture, though, of all the specific people,

including Jacob, Talman, and their brothers who kept watch at the gates, who were 172,

like all these specific people that God tells us about in his word, like individual names

of his people who did what he called them to do in all kinds of different ways. Like the book is

named after Nehemiah, this leader who did this and that, but don't miss the beauty in Nehemiah

chapter 11, this involves so many people doing so many different things, rebuilding these walls,

rebuilding the people of God, including gatekeepers like Jacob, Talman, and their brothers.

Like Nehemiah 11 is a reminder of the importance of every single person in the kingdom of God.

It's a reminder to me that I'm one name. You are one name and a long list of names

of men and women who have walked with God faithfully doing whatever God called them to do

as gatekeepers, as Levites, as leaders, as whatever. That's the beauty. God's called us all in

different ways to do different things as a part of his purpose to make his glory known

among all the nations. I just want to encourage you today for all your end Christ,

like you're a part of this long list of names and your name counts. Your name matters to God,

which is most important for sure, and your name counts. Your name matters in the purpose of God

in the world. God's given you parts to play. God's given you a significant and unique part to play

in the spread of his glory among the nations. So we pray, oh God, help us all to be faithful to play

our parts to play whatever part you've called us to do. God helps us to be faithful today

to do whatever you're calling us to do and this or that job and this or that family situation

and this or that neighborhood or on campus and this or that way. God help us to be faithful to

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