Deuteronomy 32:15-52; Hosea 2:1-3:5 ; Luke 17:20-18:14
After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber. Nehemiah 3:30
Of those who laboured to repair the gates and walls of Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile, Meshullam was evidently in the thick of the work (Neh. 3:4, 6). His help with the old gate and the adjacent section of the wall proved his fellowship with his brethren, but his private repair work “over against his chamber” suggests his fellowship with God. Meshullam has a New Testament counterpart: “Epaphras, who is one of you…always labouring fervently for you in prayers” (Col. 4:12). Prominent work in public must ever be balanced by private communion with God in the quiet place. —Phil Coulson
Speak, Lord, in Thy stillness, while I wait on Thee;
Hushed my heart to listen in expectancy. —E. M. Grimes Crawford