The enemy wanted Nehemiah to come down from the wall, but he knew he was doing a great work and could not come down. When you begin to build yourself up in the Lord and in the power of His might, this is a great work and you cannot stop. Working on ourselves helps us be useful to someone else. You can never give anyone what you don't have. You can't give a hundred dollars if you don't have a hundred dollars, and you haven't given faith, hope, or love if you don't have any to give; so don't stop the work you are doing on yourself. Nehemiah did not stop the