Friday February 06th, 2026
« “He raises the poor from the dust, He lifts the needy from the garbage heap To seat them with nobles, And He gives them a seat of honor as an inheritance; For the pillars of the earth are the LORD’S, And He set the world on them »
1 When Sanballat heard that we Jews had begun rebuilding the wall, he became furious and began to ridicule us.
2 In front of his companions and the Samaritan troops he said, “What do these miserable Jews think they’re doing? Do they intend to rebuild the city? Do they think that by offering sacrifices they can finish the work in one day? Can they make building stones out of heaps of burnt rubble?”
3 Tobiah was standing there beside him, and he added, “What kind of wall could they ever build? Even a fox could knock it down!”
4 I prayed, “Hear how they make fun of us, O God! Let their ridicule fall on their own heads. Let them be robbed of everything they have, and let them be taken as prisoners to a foreign land.
5 Don’t forgive the evil they do and don’t forget their sins, for they have insulted us who are building.”
6 So we went on rebuilding the wall, and soon it was half its full height, because the people were eager to work.
7 Sanballat, Tobiah, and the people of Arabia, Ammon, and Ashdod heard that we were making progress in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem and that the gaps in the wall were being closed, and they became very angry.
8 So they all plotted together to come and attack Jerusalem and create confusion,
9 but we prayed to our God and kept men on guard against them day and night.
10 The people of Judah had a song they sang: “We grow weak carrying burdens; There’s so much rubble to take away. How can we build the wall today?”
11 Our enemies thought we would not see them or know what was happening until they were already upon us, killing us and putting an end to our work.
12 But time after time Jews who were living among our enemies came to warn us of the plans our enemies were making against us.
13 So I armed the people with swords, spears, and bows, and stationed them by clans behind the wall, wherever it was still unfinished.
14 I saw that the people were worried, so I said to them and to their leaders and officials, “Don’t be afraid of our enemies. Remember how great and terrifying the Lord is, and fight for your relatives, your children, your wives, and your homes.”
15 Our enemies heard that we had found out what they were plotting, and they realized that God had defeated their plans. Then all of us went back to rebuilding the wall.
From the story of Bartimaeus, we can see that darkness and stagnation go hand in hand.
Bartimaeus must have been on that same spot, begging since he became blind.
Since stagnation is linked to darkness, this means that light stands for progress and promotion. Psalm 75:6-7NKJV says
« For exaltation comes neither from the east nor from the west nor from the south. But God is the Judge: He puts down one, and exalts another »
1 Samuel 2:8 tells us that God can pick up a beggar from a dunghill and keep promoting him until he is standing with princes.
If you notice that you seem to have been in the same position for years now, then it is likely that you are in darkness.
You need to connect to the Light now, so that you can make real progress.
Stagnation is primarily caused by forces of darkness.
The devil fights progress.
That is why when Nehemiah was trying to rebuild the city walls, the devil raised many enemies to stop the work.
One individual was talking to me some years ago; he said, “I don’t know what’s happening; it seems as if my enemies are increasing”.
I said, “Tell me a little bit about how things have been with you in the past couple of years”.
He said everything had been good; whatever he touched had been prospering. I said, “That is the reason”.
There are those who love it when you come to them to beg for food, but the moment you begin to make progress, hatred comes.
Darkness does not want you to progress, but thank God light stands for promotion.
There was a man who had been on one spot for many years. During one of our programmes, God spoke to me and I announced “There is someone here; somebody close to you will die next week. Don’t be sad because, after the death, your promotion will come”. The following week, his father died, but before the man passed on, he confessed that he had said, “How can my son be greater than I?”, so he decided to use diabolical powers to make the boy stagnant. Almost immediately after the father died, the promotion of the young man began.
Anyone sitting on your promotion and refusing to stand will be uprooted by the Almighty God, in Jesus’ name.
Prayer focus – Father, destroy anything that has hindered my promotion so far and lift me high, in Jesus’ name.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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