We continue the idea of being 'prepared for action' by looking to the life and example of Nehemiah in a series titled "Nehemiah: Building for God's Glory"  Listen to the esteem given to Nehemiah by the commentator Matthew Henry:  "In my esteem, Ezra the scribe and Nehemiah the tirshatha (Governor), though neither of them ever wore a crown, commanded an army, conquered any country, or was famed for philosophy or oratory, yet both of them, being pious praying men, and very serviceable in their day to the church of God and the interests of religion, were really greater men and more honourable, not only than any of the Roman consuls or dictators, but than Xenophon, or Demosthenes, or Plato himself, who lived at the same time, the bright ornaments of Greece. "