When your path is lined with detractors.

When your path is lined with detractors.   They tell you to dream and you follow their advice and you discover that they never meant it.    Joseph’s birth separated him unto favour. He was the child of the favoured wife and a special baby at that. His father loved him, maybe because his mother Rachael did not stay around to take care of him.  His brothers who happened to be older could not stand him let alone his grandiose dreams, what do they do? Look for the right time to do away with him.  You cannot kill  a dream that originated from heaven.   Nehemiah was special aide to the king in a foreign land. He was comfortable but his heart was with the people in Jerusalem. How can that pose a problem? But it did, for the ones who were profiting from the ruins that existed at the time. Sanballat and Tobias had influence but pitched against God’s counsel, their influence was mere noise.   David was the last and yes, least reckoned with yet the anointing to be king rested on Him.  He did not seek fame yet fame found him. What others struggled to achieve was piece of cake for him. The result, his life was battle ridden, such that even the king wanted him dead.   I knew my assignment and I went about it the best way I could but now and again, I found that there are folk who situate themselves in ones path just so they could find occasion to trip one up. There was an advert that ran on tv when we were younger. It had in it a phrase ?”there is no killing the beetle”    The bible tells us that many are the devices in a man’s heart but only the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.   My dear  friend, in what way are you being distracted. What did they put as obstacles on your path? Someone said, if you cannot climb the mountain, go around it, ignore the nay sayers. Backbiters have to be behind you to do their job. Keep moving and in no time, you would be at the finish line. Keep your focus, pray to God, let him lead you. Draw your strength from Him.   There is no stopping a man on a mission.