Re:Verse passage – Nehemiah 5:6-13 (day five) Nehemiah being a good leader, is a good listener. This kind of listening is not just good leadership, it indicates sincere love. He hears their voices but also hears their hearts. I like the honesty and transparency of the scriptures. Nehemiah becomes angry. Yet he doesn’t react in anger. There is another needed course of action. What is required is not a reaction, but a response. (I consulted with myself). He pauses. He remembers the scriptures. He calls for repentance. Nehemiah understood and is now demonstrating that these are not just social issues, but gospel issues. There is a reliance on the scriptures and a call to repentance. “As Christians we know that it is the gospel that transforms people. It transforms the inside of them in such a powerful way that it changes and challenges, even the most difficult circumstance. There’s no issue anywhere that God cannot invade and transform through his power.” His response reflects both justice and love.
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