Nehemiah 7:1-2 (ESV)
Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed, I gave my brother Hanani and Hananiah the governor of the castle charge over Jerusalem, for he was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many.
What do we do when some great thing has been done in the name of God? We praise Him. That is what Nehemiah did after the wall was building. In the previous chapter here is what we read about finishing the wall:
Nehemiah 6:15-16 (ESV)
So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days. And when all our enemies heard of it, all the nations around us were afraid and fell greatly in their own esteem, for they perceived that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God.
The wall gets finished. Something for God is completed. When that happens, the enemy fears, the people of God, praise! That is an awesome thought and an awesome practice. We need to be willing to praise God for His great work, through us. And who did Nehemiah turn to for the praise? His brother Hanani and the governor of the Jerusalem castle, Hananiah. Why? Because they were God-fearing men. This is how our work should unfold. This is how our praise should be directed.
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