And they stood up in their place and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for a quarter of the day; for another quarter of it they made confession and worshiped the Lord their God. (Nehemiah 9:3,4 ESV)
Something To Do
Today, we are busy. We are often overcommitted, overscheduled, and overworked. Our calendars are so full we now use computers to arrange our days. Our hours are so filled we measure time in seconds. Free time has become the most expensive time.
And yet the world is often bored.
Perhaps it is overstimulated. Perhaps it is incorrectly focused. Perhaps it is lack of vision.
But even though we are busy, I often hear complaints about having “nothing to do.” Parents hear it. City planners hear it. Entertainers hear it. Investors hear it.
Nehemiah’s people had been wildly busy. They had built walls, restored buildings, organized society, fought enemies, relearned God’s Word, and began a complex agricultural economy from scratch.
And when they were done… they knew they had something to do.
They read God’s Word, and worshipped Him.
The rest of the world might not know what to do.
But Christians do. And it is not an unpleasant task, or difficult chore, or tiresome duty. We get to listen to God, and talk to Him.
THAT is something to do!
We are peculiar, we have something to do.