This morning in intercession for the Body of Christ, Father led me to intercede concerning an increase in the spirit of Sanballat and Tobiah that has been moving forth rapidly not only in the Body but also in natural families as well. This word serves as a message of encouragement for those who not only have been
victims of the spirit of sabotage but also for those who have also unknowingly worked to self
sabotage God's plans for their own lives.
When dealing with this spirit, some of the major key components you can use when breaking and destroying the fruit of this work is through daily prayer, intercession, fasting, repentance and lastly embracing the process of forgiveness. No matter if your role was that of the transgressor or the victim, know that today is a brand new day and this spirit will no longer have free access to work in or against your life.
Following is the scriptural reference from the book of Nehemiah that you can read at your leisure. Know that the plans and work of God that you have been assigned to do here in the earth will reach its completion as you set your focus on the Sovereign Father.
Blessings & love,
Arnita L. Fields
A Scribe for the Lord, a Scribe of the Lord
Opposition to the Rebuilding
Nehemiah 4 NIV
1When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews,
2and
in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria, he said,
“What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will
they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the
stones back to life from those heaps of rubble—burned as they are?”
3Tobiah
the Ammonite, who was at his side, said, “What they are building—if
even a fox climbed up on it, he would break down their wall of stones!”
4Hear
us, O our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their
own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.
5Do not cover up their guilt or blot out their sins from your sight, for they have thrown insults in the face of the builders.
6So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.
7But
when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the men of Ashdod
heard that the repairs to Jerusalem’s walls had gone ahead and that the
gaps were being closed, they were very angry.
8They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and stir up trouble against it.
9But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat.
10Meanwhile,
the people in Judah said, “The strength of the laborers is giving out,
and there is so much rubble that we cannot rebuild the wall.”
11Also
our enemies said, “Before they know it or see us, we will be right
there among them and will kill them and put an end to the work.”
12Then the Jews who lived near them came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
13Therefore
I stationed some of the people behind the lowest points of the wall at
the exposed places, posting them by families, with their swords, spears
and bows.
14After
I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials
and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the Lord,
who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and
your daughters, your wives and your homes.”
15When
our enemies heard that we were aware of their plot and that God had
frustrated it, we all returned to the wall, each to his own work.
16From
that day on, half of my men did the work, while the other half were
equipped with spears, shields, bows and armor. The officers posted
themselves behind all the people of Judah
17who were building the wall. Those who carried materials did their work with one hand and held a weapon in the other,
18and each of the builders wore his sword at his side as he worked. But the man who sounded the trumpet stayed with me.
19Then
I said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “The
work is extensive and spread out, and we are widely separated from each
other along the wall.
20Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, join us there. Our God will fight for us!”
21So we continued the work with half the men holding spears, from the first light of dawn till the stars came out.
22At
that time I also said to the people, “Have every man and his helper
stay inside Jerusalem at night, so they can serve us as guards by night
and workmen by day.”
23Neither
I nor my brothers nor my men nor the guards with me took off our
clothes; each had his weapon, even when he went for water.
Further Opposition to the Rebuilding
Nehemiah 6 NIV
1 When
word came to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab and the rest of our
enemies that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left in it—though
up to that time I had not set the doors in the gates—
2 Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.”But they were scheming to harm me;
3 so
I sent messengers to them with this reply: “I am carrying on a great
project and cannot go down. Why should the work stop while I leave it
and go down to you?”
4 Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave them the same answer.
5 Then, the fifth time, Sanballat sent his aide to me with the same message, and in his hand was an unsealed letter
6 in which was written: “It is reported among the nations—and Geshem
says it is true—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and
therefore you are building the wall. Moreover, according to these
reports you are about to become their king
7 and
have even appointed prophets to make this proclamation about you in
Jerusalem: ‘There is a king in Judah!’ Now this report will get back to
the king; so come, let us confer together.”
8 I sent him this reply: “Nothing like what you are saying is happening; you are just making it up out of your head.”
9 They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed.”[But I prayed,] “Now strengthen my hands.”
10 One
day I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of
Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home. He said, “Let us meet in the
house of God, inside the temple, and let us close the temple doors,
because men are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill
you.”
11But I said, “Should a man like me run away? Or should one like me go into the temple to save his life? I will not go!”
12 I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had prophesied against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
13 He
had been hired to intimidate me so that I would commit a sin by doing
this, and then they would give me a bad name to discredit me.
14 Remember
Tobiah and Sanballat, O my God, because of what they have done;
remember also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who
have been trying to intimidate me.
The Completion of the Wall
15 So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.
16 When
all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were
afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this
work had been done with the help of our God.
17 Also, in those days the nobles of Judah were sending many letters to Tobiah, and replies from Tobiah kept coming to them.
18 For
many in Judah were under oath to him, since he was son-in-law to
Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of
Meshullam son of Berekiah.
19 Moreover, they kept reporting to me his good deeds and then telling him what I said. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.
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