It's amazing how when you try to do something, especially something that has never been done, you face a lot of opposition. You hear people telling you of how it can't be done or reminding you of others who have in the past tried it but failed. Some even go as far as attacking you by ridiculing your efforts and mocking your dream. Many have given up long before they started because of such critics.
One thing I have come to learn is that no matter what you embark to do, you will always have those who will want to show you why and how it can't be done. When Nehemiah of old set out to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem that had lain in ruin for many years, there was Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official and Gesham the Arab who mocked and ridiculed him. They said,
"What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall?... Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble - burned as they are? What they are building-if even a fox climbed up on it, he would break down their wall of stones!"
But Nehemiah was not moved by their intimidations and went on to rebuild the wall in record time, 52 days. Nehemiah ignored them, he didn't allow their words to affect him, he chose to maintain a right attitude and not to listen to or negotiate with them. He was focused in doing what God had put in his heart to do.
You and I too must not allow ourselves to be dettered by our critics. We should not allow them to derail our plans and we should not let them paralyze us with their fears. But we should focus on our goals and set our hands to work to see our dreams come to reality. Remember only you can bring to birth that which God has impregnated your heart with. What are you carrying in your heart? What dreams do you have? Who are you listening to as you pursue your dreams?
"Beware in pursuing the Antelope you don't get side tracked by the dashing squirrel"
- PLO Lumumba
Amen pastor.
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