Nehemiah served in the trusted role of cupbearer in the palace of the Persian king Artaxerxes. He was far from his beloved Jerusalem and knew that it lie in ruins. The Book of Nehemiah starts out with a heartfelt prayer asking God not only for guidance, but for favor before this heathen king in asking to go and rebuild Jerusalem. And God granted Nehemiah success…touching the heart of Artaxerxes so that he was willing to supply all the things necessary to rebuild. Nehemiah knew that his success in this situation could only come from God intervening on his behalf. It was similar in Exodus 3:21, where God’s divine favor transformed in a supernatural reversal the hearts of the Egyptians…moving from open hostility to blessing God’s people with all they needed to journey back to their home country.
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