There are people that don’t care about you or what you stand
for.
Some of those people will say things to your face or behind
your back.
You could be doing good and they could start talking behind
your back to make things worse rather than better.
I got engaged at the young age of 19 and most people were
surprised when I told them I was engaged.
I went around my job one day and told people that I was
getting married.
One person told you the way things would be said this
phrase…
“You’ll be divorced in three months.”
Wow.
I couldn’t believe someone would be that bold to say that.
You will be divorced in three months?
That’s messed up.
We had a conversation and she told me that her friend and
her husband were together everything was going great and they got divorced
quickly.
I said will it’s different because we believe in God and are
faithful people.
She said, “So were they.”
10 years later, I do not write this to say hey been married
10 years but rather to say there are some people that will lift you up in life
and others that won’t..
Some people will be against you.
Paul and Barnabas were doing some pretty cool things in
Iconium.
They were speaking about the Gospel of Jesus and many people
believed.
Yet there were people that weren’t happy with this fact.
It said this in Acts 14:2, 4-5…
“But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles
and poisoned their minds against the brothers…The people of the city were
divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles. There was a plot afoot among the Gentiles and
Jews, together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them.”
There will always be people that are for you and some that
will be against you.
People will question what you believe, what you do with your
life and who you are trying to be.
Some people will encourage and some will not.
There are deceivers among you.
Will you let that affect you?
People will get other people that are deceivers that try to
ruin a good thing.
I have seen this happen to me and I have done this to
others.
The people against Paul were poison.
They took the good things Paul was for and made people against
them.
Are you in this situation now?
Paul and Barnabas didn’t let these people that tried to kill
them stop them.
Are you letting poisonous people destroy your life or are
you fighting the good fight and staying strong.
With man there are only certain things you can do.
With God nothing is impossible.
Stay strong even when people are against you.
Not everyone is going to be happy with you or what you stand
for.
With God nothing is impossible.
Are you for or against the one that makes everything possible?
Some people will say thing to irritate you maybe it’s like
saying your marriage will only last three months or something like that.
If you are going through a rough time right now, I pray for
you and lift you up.
Hang in there during the tough times, something good is just
around the corner.
Have a great day.
