Canadian author and pastor Basil King once said, “Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid.”

We’ve seen this clearly while studying through the book of Nehemiah the last few weeks. Nehemiah is bold and the unimaginable happens: the throne representing the entire Persian empire gets behind him. More deeply, this is really just a tangible reflection of the throne of heaven coming to his aid. God loves it when His children are bold in faith!

I think Nehemiah would’ve had this Chris Tomlin tune at the top of his playlist:

I know Who goes before me
I know Who stands behind
The God of angel armies
Is always by my side
The One who reigns forever
He is a Friend of mine
The God of angel armies
Is always by my side

Nehemiah reminds me a lot of Joshua. All God expected from Joshua was to be bold and courageous and success was sure to follow (Joshua 1:5-9). It was plain and simple: Be bold and mighty forces would come to Joshua’s aid. Then at the end of the chapter, all that the people expected from their leader was the same thing: “only be strong and courageous” (Joshua 1:18).

There is a time to plan and a time to strategize. A time to analyze and a time to make changes. But sometimes, oftentimes, God is just expecting us to be bold and courageous–and mighty forces will come to our aid. Let’s resist the tendency to over-complicate the orders that have been given to us from the throne of heaven.