Prayer of Nehemiah: They are your servants and your people, whom you redeemed by your great strength

The book of Nehemiah tells us about the events that occurred during the reconstruction of the city of Jerusalem under the reign of Artaxerxes, king of the persians and the medes. Nehemiah was a Jewish man and a devotee of the Lord who, being in Susa as cupbearer of the King, learned of the sad situation of the exiles who arrived in Jerusalem from Babylon.
Nehemiah was a person endowed with a great sense of duty, he could have chosen a comfortable and easy life in the court of the King, but he decided to carry out a providential mission; help his brothers in the reconstruction of what had been lost and restore justice among those of his community because a few were taking advantage of the need of many.
It was so, that after his decision, Nehemiah made a prayer to God and entrusted himself to his eternal love. Nehemiah did not blame others for the situation, but recognized the root of the problems, God is faithful and merciful, but the descendants of Abraham had sinned and forgotten their covenant with the Lord. Nehemiah examined his own heart before the Lord, and so began his prayer:
"We have acted very wickedly toward you. We have not obeyed the commands, decrees and laws you gave your servant Moses.
Remember the instruction you gave your servant Moses, saying, ´If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations, but if you return to me and obey my commands, then even if your exiled people are at the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my Name.´
They are your servants and your people, whom you redeemed by your great strength and your mighty hand" Nehemiah 1:7-10.
Nehemiah ended his prayer by asking God to be heard to succeed in his mission. This man who was not a prophet, nor a king, nor a teacher of wisdom, but a person with a profound practical sense, taught us not only to trust in our own strength but first of all, to put ourselves in the hands of God.

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