I was cup bearer to the king (Neh 1:11)
Kings in those days were afraid of their enemies trying to poison them. So, they had the cup-bearer to taste the wine first before it was given to them. Nehemiah’s job was to taste the wine that the king drank.
Obviously, such a man would have to be an absolutely loyal and incorruptible man. It’s so amazing that the Persian king chose such a loyal person not from his own people, but from the exiled Jews. This shows how Nehemiah was an absolutely faithful person! His faithfulness and loyalty made him a honourable and useful vessel in the hands of the Lord.
We, God’s Children,are called to be faithful in whatever we do, however smaller or bigger the task may be. Very often we consider Bible reading, praying, worshipping as spiritual life and the work we do as our secular life. But God doesn’t see so. For Our God, Washing vessels faithfully is as important as worshipping Him in the church. The work we do is a worship to the Lord. Our whole life is to be a living sacrifice to God.
May we be like Nehemiah, see our secular work as a worship to God and be faithful in all the things we do. God calls us first to be faithful then to be successful.
"The shop, the barn, the kitchen, and the workbench become temples when men and women do all to the glory of God! Then divine service does not take place for a few hours and in a few places, but all life becomes holiness to the Lord, and every place and thing as consecrated as the tabernacle and its contents.”
whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31
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