I admit that I was not filled with the Holy Spirit this morning.

Although Nehemiah was very angry,

after “think carefully”, he rebuked the Jewish leaders and officials.

He rebuked them, saying, “You are exploiting your brothers!”

(Nehemiah 5:6-7).

As I meditated on these words,

I wondered how Nehemiah could “think carefully”

even though he was so emotionally angry.

At that time, I did a comprehensive search for the word

“think carefully” in the multilingual Bible on the Internet,

and the Modern Korean Bible verse of Proverbs 20:25 caught my attention:

“I made a promise to give it to God without even thinking about it carefully.

It is foolish and careless to regret it later.”

When I meditated on these words,
I wondered why I did something careless and regretted it.

At that time, I did a comprehensive search for the word

“carelessness” in the multilingual Bible, and Psalms 106:33,

the Modern Korean Bible verse, caught my attention:

“Because they rebelled against the Holy Spirit of God,

and Moses spoke thoughtlessly and thoughtlessly.”

When we meditate on these two Bible verses together,

we think we can get some answer to the question:

How was Nehemiah able to think carefully

even though he was so emotionally angry?

The answer is, ‘I think Nehemiah was filled with the Holy Spirit of God,

so even when he was very angry, he was able to think carefully

and not speak or act rashly (he did not do something he would later regret).

I admit that I was not filled with the Holy Spirit this morning.