Post by clarkthompson on Dec 2, 2015 7:36:08 GMT -5
Nehemiah 1:10-11 Modern English Version (MEV)
10 “Now these are Your servants and Your people, whom You have redeemed by Your great power and by Your strong hand. 11 O Lord, I implore You, let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. And let Your servant prosper this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.”
For I was the king’s cupbearer.
Modern English Version (MEV) The Holy Bible, Modern English Version. Copyright © 2014 by Military Bible Association. Published and distributed by Charisma House.
These are my thoughts, please share yours.
10 He is talking to the Lord reminding himself of what the Lord had done. The Lord never needs to be reminded of what we did but sometimes we need to be reminded of what the Lord has done for us. He is also by doing this giving the Lord praise and His just dues. We can never praise the Lord as much as He deserves but we are to praise Him.
11 So he gave the Lord praise before asking for something, he gave credit to Him for what He had done before he asked for Him to do something else, he was not just asking and asking God but he took time to thank Him and praise Him for what he had done. He prays with humility calling himself God’s servant, we are to be like this, we are to serve Him. He was praying that the position the Lord allowed him to have would bring the Lord honor and further service to Him. Do we use the placements the Lord has given us for Him or do we use it to benefit ourselves?
10 “Now these are Your servants and Your people, whom You have redeemed by Your great power and by Your strong hand. 11 O Lord, I implore You, let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. And let Your servant prosper this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.”
For I was the king’s cupbearer.
Modern English Version (MEV) The Holy Bible, Modern English Version. Copyright © 2014 by Military Bible Association. Published and distributed by Charisma House.
These are my thoughts, please share yours.
10 He is talking to the Lord reminding himself of what the Lord had done. The Lord never needs to be reminded of what we did but sometimes we need to be reminded of what the Lord has done for us. He is also by doing this giving the Lord praise and His just dues. We can never praise the Lord as much as He deserves but we are to praise Him.
11 So he gave the Lord praise before asking for something, he gave credit to Him for what He had done before he asked for Him to do something else, he was not just asking and asking God but he took time to thank Him and praise Him for what he had done. He prays with humility calling himself God’s servant, we are to be like this, we are to serve Him. He was praying that the position the Lord allowed him to have would bring the Lord honor and further service to Him. Do we use the placements the Lord has given us for Him or do we use it to benefit ourselves?
