Nehemiah 4:4-6 – “Hear, O our God, for we are despised. Return their reproach on their own head. Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile! ⁵ Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from your sight, for they have bitterly offended the builders.  ⁶ So we rebuilt the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height.  The people were enthusiastic in their work.”

As I read, prayed, and mused on the Word, a prayer of Nehemiah drove home a truth for Today!  In Nehemiah 4:4, Nehemiah prays for God’s help against the enemies, trying to prevent their accomplishment of God’s purposes.

“Hear, O God, how we are despised!  Return their reproach on their own heads AND give them up for plunder in a land of captivity.”

He was reversing the curse.   Israel had been in captivity, and these foes were pronouncing curses on them.  Nehemiah prays – “Let their curses be their lot.”  After he had broken and reversed the curse, verse 6 – “So we rebuilt the wall and the whole wall was joined together to half its height, FOR the people had a mind to work.”

A truth we need to grasp is that reversing the curse frees the heart and mind to focus on God’s purposes. It enables right or correct thinking and focus and transforms. The curse can come from without or within. Both are belched out of the pit of hell, and both are paralyzing.

Curses have power through expectation.   We expect the worst, but Jesus came to reverse the curse and enable us to enter the Kingdom.

In the Kingdom, there are no curses.   Curses cannot operate without legal grounds.  Believing or expecting the fruit of the curse provides legal grounds for the devil to function.

• The question is – What do we do? 
• The answer is – Repent and return to the Lord. 

We choose to believe God and expect His Promises to become realities Now!   So, whose report do we believe?  What we say, think, and do testify to which report we believe.

Remember that Preparation Always precedes blessing.   We need to Plan and Prepare for God’s blessings, not the devil’s curses.   It likely will not be easy, but God’s Word is the true reality.   A curse without a cause (legal ground) cannot alight (operate).

Matthew 6:33 directs us to Seek God and expect His help. The Bible reminds us that we are more than conquerors, and Jesus has redeemed us from the curse. We need to reverse the curse orally and declare God’s promises. Victory is for the taking, so take it.

Have a great day of victory in the Finished Work of Jesus!