Ezra’s return to Jerusalem was a major step of faith for him and everyone involved. They not only had to trust God to see them safely across the Fertile Crescent, but to be the kind of people who could be trusted with those resources. God saw both done through the same means He can also see that work accomplished in our lives as well.

1. The Christian life is one lived for an audience of one.

2. Fasting is about making God a greater source of enjoyment than what you’re exchanging for that time.

3. A life lived through Jesus will look like Him.