Pray and do your duty

Pray and do your duty

But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat💂‍♀

Nehemiah 4:9

The builders were in a tough spot. Many high officials were plotting against them. The opposition and anger was growing by the day.

❓What did they do?

🙏They prayed

💂‍♀They posted a guard

🔹Some people pray and forget to do their part.

🔹Some people do their part but forget to pray.

Let us learn from Esther. The Jews were in a tough spot. They were about to be destroyed.

❓What did Esther do?

🙏 She fasted and prayed.

🤴 She approached the king and gave her petition to the king wisely.

Nehemiah posted a guard day and night. In the same way, Esther took a lot of pains to make this work:

🙏 Esther along with the Jews and attendants fasted for three days.

👗 She put on her royal robes and went to the king
🍽 She arranged for a feast. 

✉ She submitted her petition with humility. 

In the end, God gave victory for all the prayer and efforts.

 Application

❓Are you going through a tough phase in your life?

❓Are you doing both - praying and working?

Let us never become weary, let us pray and take efforts to make things work in our life.

As I was typing this, I was reminded of my nephew. He used to struggle in his studies. But his parents would always pray for him. At a certain point, he started attending prayer meetings and growing close to God. He also started working very hard in his studies. By the grace of God, he got a good NEET score and joined a good medical college. In the beginning, he was finding it difficult to pass all the subjects (smaller classes). But God gave him a huge victory for His prayer and hard work!

Get on your knees and pray, then get on your feet and work.

Gordon B. Hinckley