Nehemiah 2:20 “So I answered them and said to them, "The God of heaven will give us success; therefore we His servants will arise and build, but you have no portion, right or memorial in Jerusalem."
No portion means no share, allocation, assignment or agreement for him to have a part. The Hebrew word for “portion” meant smooth indicating the smooth stones that were used in casting lots. Only those who owned land were in on the casting of lots. This meant that Sanballet didn’t own any land in Jerusalem so he had no say in its business. There is no part of my life that Satan gets a share or investment in. It is God who has invested in my life.
No right meant that he had no “right standing.” The Hebrew word for right comes from the same word for righteousness and righteousness has to do with relationship. A person was considered righteous when she or he kept their part of a covenant agreement. The covenant put them in relationship. So Sanballet didn’t have any agreements, or relationships that gave him a right to have a voice in the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. He had no inheritance from a relative.
No memorial is a little more difficult to understand. A memorial was erected to remember a special occasion or to honor something great someone did. The Israelites erected a memorial on the shores of the Jordan to remember the miraculous crossing of the Jordan into the promised land. Evidently, there was no memorial in Sanballets honor for anything he had done that was worth honor. He was not a man of influence or honor in Jerusalem so he had no influence.
Satan has no portion in my life because I’m a citizen of the Kingdom of God and not the Kingdom of this world. He is not. Satan has no right in my life because he has no relationship with me. I am a child of God. I have been bought my the blood of Jesus Christ and am not my own. I am HIS. Satan has no rights over me. Satan has no memorial or influence in my life because he has done absolutely nothing or honor in my life. He is a liar, a thief and a destroyer.
Put him in his place. Satan has no place, right or influence in your life, your marriage, your family, your finances, your future. You are not his property. You are God’s. Do not allow his condemnation or taunts to discourage or deter you from God’s magnificent plan for your life. Read Nehemiah one and two and say it out loud – “Satan, you have no portion, no right, no memorial in my life
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