Stay on the wall

I was reading a book by Kris Vallaton in which he made reference to Nehemiah 6:1-9 where the enemies of Nehemiah tried to get him to come off the wall he was working on and come talk to them in the Valley of Ono. Soon afterward I heard a sermon by Kris in which he spoke on the same passage. About two weeks later I was listening to a tape series by Myles Monroe and he made mention of it. Finally, I was listening to the message by Rob Rufus that's posted on my blog, which I've heard four or five times, never realizing that he quickly references it. All that being said I took it as the Lord trying to tell me something.
The point that all these ministers were getting at through this passage is that when one is doing a work that God has ordained, the enemy will try to distract from the work by trying to get you to come off the wall and talk to him. I can't even begin to tell you how many times I've spent an entire day thinking, and maybe even praying, about something and then realized at the end of the day that I didn't once pray for what God has me doing or for anyone else. It's almost like I was paralyzed and consumed with worry and fear trying to figure things out, instead of resting in God and his grace, and focusing on what he'd have me doing and meditating on.
I've found that coming off the wall to talk to my enemies does two things. One, I don't accomplish what God wants me to. One day after to complaining to my boss about my problems he said basically "your ministry is suffering because all you do is dwell on these problems". It struck such a chord with me that I decided to just focus on the Lord and see what he'd say. I felt like he led me to minister to a waitress that had recently served me. I went to the restraunt and had an amazing time of ministry to her, and then she went and got her son and I got to speak into his life.
The other effect that coming off the wall has it that it always leaves you frustrated and often depressed. The enemy isn't calling you down to help you with your problems, but to magnify them and cause you to try and figure your way out of them giving you no solutions. When the conversation is over, your problems look bigger, you're no closer to a solution, and you've been distracted from what God wanted to talk to you about.
The key to staying on the wall isn't trying harder to ignore the enemy, but rather trusting the faithful one. The last day I heard Nehemiah referenced I felt the Lord speak very clearly "Quit coming off the wall!". I felt a rush of peace and joy. It finally clicked. He said he'd "...perfect that which concerns me..."(Ps 138:8) and he was actually going to do it. That by his grace I could be free to pursue his kingdom and righteousness, resting in the fact that "all these things will be added" to me(Matt 6:33).
The next time the enemy tries to call you off the wall, just say like Nehemiah "I am doing a great work, so I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you"(v3). When you trust in the goodness, faithfulness, and character of our God you can release your life into his hands so your's can be free to do what he has for you.