But as soon as they were at rest, they again did what was evil in your sight.

Nehemiah 9:22-38

You gave them kingdoms and nations, allotting to them even the remotest frontiers.

Their children went in and took possession of the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites, who lived in the land; you gave the Canaanites into their hands, along with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with them as they pleased. They captured fortified cities and fertile land; they took possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. They ate to the full and were well-nourished; they reveled in your great goodness.

But they were disobedient and rebelled against you; they turned their backs on your law. They killed your prophets, who had warned them in order to turn them back to you; they committed awful blasphemies. So you delivered them into the hands of their enemies, who oppressed them. But when they were oppressed they cried out to you. From heaven you heard them, and in your great compassion you gave them deliverers, who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.

But as soon as they were at rest, they again did what was evil in your sight. Then you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies so that they ruled over them. And when they cried out to you again, you heard from heaven, and in your compassion you delivered them time after time. 

But in your great mercy you did not put an end to them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.

“But see, we are slaves today, slaves in the land you gave our ancestors so they could eat its fruit and the other good things it produces. Because of our sins, its abundant harvest goes to the kings you have placed over us. They rule over our bodies and our cattle as they please. We are in great distress.

Why?

Our faith is weak and our strength is little, unless the grace of the Lord comes upon us all of us have died.

It is the Lord has mercy let Jesus come to save us, all of us can not see the Lord or find the Lord, for my God is gracious and merciful God.

為何歡喜的住棚節後第九天變嚴肅會，當人歡樂慶祝後，若與神關係恢復後，人會反省我們怎麼能夠如此歡樂，想到自己的不配，所以開始認罪，悔改。人在安逸享受後很容易因為忘記神的恩典。人不斷違背神，神卻也不斷的憐憫、寬容神的百姓！人一直不聽話，但是神一直給人機會。v23~ 讚美的禱告

復興從建造城牆開始，從分別為聖開始，看見自己的罪，自己的惡，認真悔改，這是復興的開始。

How?

I am nothing without the Lord, may my way and my mind keep on the way of Jesus Christ.