Perfect Peace

If you are chasing after God and His purpose for your life, you will have people who don’t like what you’re doing or your success. It’s human nature to covet what someone else has, especially blessings.

So, how do you handle these haters? Let me give you three simple steps.

1) Be a purpose-driven person. Remain confident in your calling no matter what! When you have a purpose, you can focus without being distracted by your haters. The Bible says the face of Jesus was set like a flint toward Jerusalem and His ultimate purpose. Yours should be, too.

And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, – Luke 9:51

2) Know something about your haters. The Bible says that when the first king of Israel was anointed, the children of Belial came out to tell him he could never be successful. Here is the guy taking everyone to the next level, and the very people criticizing him are, in fact, worthless, trifling men who are too dysfunctional themselves to get anything done. Don’t listen to people like that. Don’t let people who can’t get it together keep you from having it together!

3) Know you are in good company. The Bible is filled with great men and women who dealt with haters and naysayers. Jesus Himself said if the world hates you, it’s because it first hated Him. Yes, your family resemblance will work against you because the world is evil and loves darkness. If you are a shining light, you will be persecuted, but take heart, Jesus has overcome the world!