The neighboring peoples discouraged the people of Judah,
made them afraid to build,
and bribed officials to frustrate their plan.
They did this throughout the rule of Persia’s King Cyrus
until the rule of Persia’s King Darius.
Ezra 4:4-5 CEB
Ezra did not record all the events in the 21 years till the temple was finished.
Ezra makes a theological point that the temple of the Lord was completed despite opposition that might have stopped any other project.
Opposition comes when God's people try to accomplish the things of God.
We were never promised that it would be easy.
When is the last time you tried to do something hard for God?
When is the last time you stopped when the opposition came?
Ezra reminds us that when we are doing the things of God, nothing can stop us.
What's stopping you?
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