Nehemiah 4 - 6

Nehemiah faces opposition to his rebuilding efforts, yet is able to secure the project and see it through to completion.  The secret, he reveals, is that the people had a mind to work.  Think about that, the people wanted to see the task through to completion as much as Nehemiah did; they just needed someone to direct their efforts.  The desire was there, Nehemiah just needed to focus it in productive directions.  The opponents surrounding him were sending messages of distress, rebellion, falsehood and threats.  Nehemiah kept the eyes of the people on the task before them and - at the end of the project - it was known far and wide that God had done the work.  The credit belonged to God alone.