We continued our study in the book of Nehemiah and this week we were looking at the importance of not saying a word about what God is birthing into your life until it's time.

Nehemiah said in chapter 2 verse 12 that he "has not told anyone what God has put into his heart to do at Jerusalem." The reason? Because Nehemiah knew he was being watched. He knew everything he did and said would get back to two trouble makers in the making. Sanballat and Tobiah made no bones about the fact they were not happy that Nehemiah was in town and rebuilding what was destroyed by the enemy.

There are "Sanballats" and "Tobiahs" in your life. They may look the part of your friend and they may play the role to some degree but trust me, not everyone who calls you their "BFF" (best friends forever) really want you to succeed. They are okay with you reaching a certian plateau until you start getting close to passing them or making them look bad and then its an all out war. They drop you like a hot potato.

People in your church don't want to see you succeed. They are sitting there knowing they come to church with the attitude of wanting to see the preacher, the deacons, the elders, etc... fall on their face. You can always tell who these individuals are because just as soon as they hear that someone in the church is upset, they are on the phone with them trying to rally around them in the negative sense. They haven't talked to that person for three years but just as soon as they see an open door to help cause trouble, they are walking through it.

They are everywhere! So Nehemiah warns us to keep quite until God says its time to speak. Don't give the enemy an opportunity to rally a force to come against you before you are ever ready to step out to do what God has commanded. But we serve a God that when it does come time we can pray to him Psalms 35:

"Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. Take hold of sheild and buckler, and stand for mine help. Draw out also the spear and stop the way against them that persecute me; say unto my soul, I am thy salvation." - KJV