Nehemiah 2:11-20

Nehemiah 2:11-20 (KJV)
11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
20 Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

The 1st thing I see here is Nehemiah scopes things out. Then he tells the people we should rebuild and to encourage them he tells them what God has done so far. The people gets excited and starts to build. This ticks off Sanballat and Tobiah who makes fun of them and then ask if they were rebelling against the King. Sanballat was Governor over the Persian Providence of Samaria at the time and my guess is this upset him because he wanted this land, but I don't' know just a guess.. In any case it doesn't matter whenever Gods people are doing Gods will they will meet with opposition from the enemy Satan.
Nehemiah answered this by having confidences in God letting it be known God will give them success with the rebuild and then putting Sanballat sort of in his place letting him know he has no claim at all to Jerusalem.