Delight to serve the Lord, do not constrain myself, go go go! Be still before I speak.

Nehemiah 8:1-12
Ezra the scribe read the Law before the assembly, all the people listened attentively to the book of the Law. Levites instructed the people in the Law while the people were standing there, they giving the meaning so that the people could understand what was being read.
Nehemiah said to people, "This day is sacred to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep". For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.
Nehemiah said "This day is sacred to out Lord . Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength."
The Levites calmed all the people, saying,"Be still, for this is a scared day. Do not grieve."
This action in these chapters takes place only a few days after the work in the walls in finished. It is the 'seventh month', the beginning of the religious new year with its important festivals.
Ezra, the priest and law-scholar of the book of Ezra, reappears to take the lead in religious affairs. These chapters, written in the third person, break into the memoirs of Nehemiah which are  taken up again from 1:27
Why?
When the learn the full measure of God's standards the people are overwhelmed with grief at the extent of their failures. (Just as King Josiah had been, long before; 2 King 22)
People when suffered the stress and failure they are easy to repent and understand the meaning of the word of God.
It is sacred day so do not weep or mourn, when we repented , we should turn to joy for new life is in me.
The joy of the Lord is my strength, it is not the joy of myself, but do what the Lord delight. What is it? Help needed person, do the righteous matter, love others with faithfulness. Even the sinner or weaker in faith.
I have to confess that 1)my thinking is too self-concentrate, I should consider what the listener reaction will be to my word spoke. Thanks the Lord gives me such a wise wife to remind me. 2)I am too care my face, my honor, somehow personal honor or glory is nothing when I do the right thing, why should I afraid so much?  Delight to everything I am facing, joy of the Lord is my strength. Be still, do not grieve or worry.
How
Delight to serve the Lord, do not constrain myself, go go go! Be still before I speak.