THE ONE WORK AND PURPOSE.
Neh. 6 : 2-4: "Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I can not come down; why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you? Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner." God does not want His workmen to depend on the enemy or the enemy's plans. Be not affected by the enemy's work; let the enemy's plans be affected by your work. This means success. Sherman, on one occasion, gave this secret of Grant's success. "I know more of the technical science of war than Grant," said Sherman. "I know more of its history and the principles of all its movements. But I can not conduct a campaign without considering the plans and movements of my enemy. Grant does not. He makes his own plans, never worries about the plans of the other side, and with dogged persistence quietly goes on with his own campaign and makes the enemy adapt himself to them. This was the secret of his success." So God would have His subordinates do.