Do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you as if some strange thing were happening, Peter declared in his first of two books. Life in Jesus is abundant....and so are moments of the painful process.
Do not be discouraged Joshua heard centuries before. There was reason for the message. Working with God's design contains multiple testing grounds.
And us? Beware of the Messenger of Satan, just as the Saul/Paul warned for such messages are intentionally critical. Yes, you have critics, you who do very effective works.
Read that account in II Cor. 12:5-10. If Paul didn't have stressful attackers, God's work would be going so smoothly Paul might begin to believe he was actually running this show. Critics lead us to depend upon Father. That's why critics are a critical element in our work.
Do not be discouraged when you are under attack. Thank God. Do not wonder what is wrong with you. Rather praise Him for what is right with Him....everything!
We must have those who send messages of personal (even painful) disapproval to sharpen our focus. We must have them to remind us of what Paul declared of himself in that Corinthian text....he gets to do good stuff...but he is always never more than a nobody.
Me, too.
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