Meremoth- not living upto his name

 Meremoth- not living upto his name

Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired another section, from the entrance of Eliashib’s house to the end of it.

Nehemiah 3:21💞

We leant that Bavvai@ Binnui, lived upto his name which means "building up". Today, let's learn about Meremoth, who did not have a very good name, but led a good life!

Meremoth means:

▪Bitterness

▪Haughty/lofty

▪Uncertain

But he did not have these traits, but led a life of truth and service!

❓Who is Meremoth?

Meremoth is the son of Uriah, a priest.

❌ NOT BITTER

Eliashib was found to have traits that even Nehemiah despised. Due to his actions, Nehemiah chased the high priest from his presence. All the priests were repairing in from of their own house.

🏠the priests made repairs, each in front of his own house.

Neh 3:28🏠

But Meremoth, did repairs from the beginning till the end of High priest Eliashib’s house. He chose not to be bitter against Eliashib. He willingly repaired the High priest's house.

❌ NOT UNCERTAIN

🏆in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and the sacred articles into the hands of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest.

Ezra 8:33🏆

Gold and silver are very valuable. It will be given into the hands of a person who is found true in the eyes of God. Meremoth was found to be true and all the gold, silver were given to him. He was not a wavering person but someone who could be counted upon.

❌ NOT LOFTY

Lofty means "thinking high of oneself". There are some members who repaired more than one section. It shows their zeal for the Lord. It shows their humility.

🔨Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired the next section.

Nehemiah 3:4 🔨

He was not lofty to stop with one. He willingly yielded himself to repair Eliashib’s house too.

🔆 APPLICATION🔆

Meremoth's parents could have given him a negative name as the city was in ruins or due to other circumstances. But he chose not to live upto that name. The mother of Jabez gave birth to him in pain and gave him that name. But he chose not to live in pain. He looked upto the Lord and asked him to bless him.

People could have branded  us as "bitter, negative, proud, angry, arrogant, haughty". But let us choose not to live upto those labels. Let us look upto God and be transformed into His own image!