TEXT:
NEHEMIAH 4:1-3
“When Sanballat heard that we were
rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the
Jews, 2 and
in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria, he said, “What
are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer
sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life
from those heaps of rubble—burned as they are?” 3 Tobiah the Ammonite, who was at his side, said,
“What they are building—even a fox climbing up on it would break down their
wall of stones!”
It is not everybody around you that wants you successful,
while some are positive in their words and actions about your visions, some
people won’t be happy that you are doing something great. These people that are
never happy about other people’s achievement are called negative people. They are
those that never see anything good in what other people are doing; they are haughty scorners
that look at the good work that the lord has committed in your hands with contempt.
Their words never encourages! All they have in their mouth is negative words
that can pull people down and destroy people’s destiny. Negative people never
applaud or appreciate any good thing; they are proud and full of envy. Once they
see somebody doing any good thing; they develop envy and hatred for the person.
There are some negative people
waiting to laugh you to scorn, but as the lord lives they will wait in vain in
Jesus’ name. Amen. Sanballat and Tobiah the Ammonite were angry with Nehemiah
and his people for rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem, with ridicule and sarcasm
they said the good work that these strong and able men did wholeheartedly could
be fallen by a mere Fox! This comment would have been able to cause Nehemiah
and his helpers to give up on building the wall, but thank God for the spirit
of “we must accompany our mission through
Christ” that they had. Nehemiah ignored their negative comment; he
prayed to God and they continued their good work. He did not lose focus on what
he wanted to achieve, he refused to pay attention negative people around him,
rather he gave his full attention to finishing the rebuilding of the wall of
Jerusalem.
Consequently, if you want to
accomplish your mission on earth, you must learn how to make advancement in the
face of opposition. You must comprehend that negative comments and people will
arise as long as you are doing something outstanding. Like Nehemiah did; learn
to ignore all negative people and remarks around you, and let your focus be on
God and His assistance towards the accomplishment of your purpose. Friends may
become your enemies because of your vision, societal opposition may arise, humiliation,
all sort of difficulties and pressure will erupt to derail you from your
vision. The likes of Sanballat and Tobiah are still here on the earth, and
Satan is ready to use them to provoke, frustrate and discourage us. Never throw
in the towel in the midst of opposition, do not forget that “greater is He
that is in you than he that is the world”. Pray to God and He will
frustrate the plan of the enemies. May you finish well in Jesus’ name, Amen.
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