Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up, and the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me – Psalm 69:9
You can be sure that there will be people that turn against you when you decide to follow God. If you decide to live morally, you will be judged as thinking you are better than everyone else. If you live confidently, you will be judged as arrogant. When you start enjoying the blessings from above, people get jealous, call you greedy, and start plotting your downfall. No matter what you do, there will be people who reproach you. They reproach you not because of who you are but because of who they are not. Jesus already warned us that we will face persecution. Therefore, don’t allow the persecution of others to change your course. Stay the course of righteousness and watch His manifold blessings chase you down. Keep your zeal for God; keep your seal for righteousness; keep your zeal for His presence. When you are blessed enough, those same people who hate you at first will secretly admire you and wish they had taken the same path as you.
I will not let persecution keep me from serving the Lord
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