We all have experienced a "Drama Queen" or "Drama King". It becomes a distraction from the work at hand. It will especially be "Dramatic" if the Lord's work is being done. Satan will create Drama to keep the objective of God's work being done. The straight and narrow is a tough route in today's world, since society seems to be morally flexible.
Here we have Nehemiah who was in favor with the ruler of the land. He was given a Godly vision to rebuild a city. The king agreed and let Nehemiah go forth with the task. As the work is being done, Nehemiah is glorifying God with the work.
Sanballat and crew are not happy with the Godly achievements. They try to draw Nehemiah out of the city so they can kill him. This doesn't work. Sanballat and crew then starts rumors (lies) about Nehemiah trying to declare himself king and a Jew revolt. This was done to try to get Nehemiah out of favor with the king that was his governmental leader.
In closing,
drama has been in the works since the beginning. There is one source of non theatrical drama discussed above. He goes by many names. Most commonly is know as Satan.
God is NOT drama. It damages his believers and make a mess of things.
Jonesie
Nehemiah 6
Further Opposition to the Rebuilding 1 When word came to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left in it—though up to that time I had not set the doors in the gates- 2 Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: "Come, let us meet together in one of the villages [a] on the plain of Ono." But they were scheming to harm me; 3 so I sent messengers to them with this reply: "I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and go down to you?" 4 Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave them the same answer.
5 Then, the fifth time, Sanballat sent his aide to me with the same message, and in his hand was an unsealed letter 6 in which was written: "It is reported among the nations—and Geshem [b] says it is true—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and therefore you are building the wall. Moreover, according to these reports you are about to become their king 7 and have even appointed prophets to make this proclamation about you in Jerusalem: 'There is a king in Judah!' Now this report will get back to the king; so come, let us confer together."
8 I sent him this reply: "Nothing like what you are saying is happening; you are just making it up out of your head."
9 They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, "Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed." But I prayed, "Now strengthen my hands."
10 One day I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home. He said, "Let us meet in the house of God, inside the temple, and let us close the temple doors, because men are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you."
11 But I said, "Should a man like me run away? Or should one like me go into the temple to save his life? I will not go!" 12 I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had prophesied against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. 13 He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would commit a sin by doing this, and then they would give me a bad name to discredit me.
14 Remember Tobiah and Sanballat, O my God, because of what they have done; remember also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who have been trying to intimidate me.
