Meeting With The King

Picture this scenario for a moment.

You watch the news and see that a terrible storm has destroyed your native homeland.  Some friends tell you that the people are hurting and feel hopeless.  You begin to pray immediately to God for forgiveness and remind him of His promises to your people.  You want to help rebuild, but you need favor from your management for some time off.

A few months later, a couple of your managers walk by and ask you, “what’s going on?  why do you look so sad?”  You tell them that the folks in your homeland are having a hard time after the storm.  They ask, “what can we do to help?”  You gather all your courage and request some extended time off work to go and help with the rebuilding.  After telling the managers how much time you need, they approve your request! 

You’re very grateful for the time off, but you need something else.  You need help with all your documents as you travel.  The supervisors agreed to help you with that as well.  Then you ask for a donation of supplies.  They agree to donate supplies.  As a final request, you ask if you can take some of your friends to help and ask your bosses to pay for travel, room, and expenses for ALL of you.  Your request is granted!

Can you imagine working for a company like this with managers like these? 

Well, this is what happened to Nehemiah in the bible.  He was a cupbearer to the king.  A cupbearer was a position of honor that required trust from the king due to possible attempts to poison the royals. So when Nehemiah found out about the destruction of the wall in his homeland of Jerusalem, he prayed to God that he would get favor from the king to go and rebuild it.