Helping Others - Our Actions - Taking a Stand

What would you do?  After watching a blind man get taken advantage of it got us all thinking...what would we do?  Would we speak up and help? Would we get angry? Would we turn our head and pretend we didn't see the injustice?

Nehemiah 5:1-13 shows of an injustice and also shows how to stand up against the injustices we see.

Nehemiah had to deal with a conflict just like you and I may need to.  We learned three simple steps to handling it.

1.  Air the complaint to the proper authority or person.  If the proper people don't know of the problem how can we expect them to deal with it.  Be sure to be clear about the problem.

2.  The leader/person working to resolve the problem should do so in a biblical manner.

• Stop what you are doing to address the problem
• Maintain self control
• Have righteous anger, anger isn't always sinful if it is righteous and directed against the sinful treatment of others.

3.  Be willing to submit to God, His Word and Godly leaders.

We as God's children, are called to speak out and bring what's right into this world. We need to stand up and take risks by speaking up, even when it's tough. People are waiting for us to speak up, and they will follow!

Blind trusting the helpers...but maybe the helpers aren't all telling the truth!

Blind trusting others for direction.