Are you being criticised? Has it shaken your confidence? God told Gideon, \u2018If you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp\u2026 and listen to what they are saying. Afterwards, you will be encouraged.\u2019<\/i> (Judges\u00a07:10\u201311\u00a0NIV) Why did God send Gideon and his servant into the enemy camp? To hear what they were saying, and to encourage him. When they arrived, a soldier was telling a friend about his dream: \u2018\u201cA round loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent with such force that the tent\u2026 collapsed.\u201d His friend responded, \u201cThis can be nothing other than the sword of Gideon\u2026 God has given\u2026 the whole camp into his hands.\u201d When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he\u2026 worshipped.\u2019<\/i> (Judges\u00a07:13\u201315\u00a0NIV) <\/p>\n
Sometimes when you need encouragement, it\u2019s good to pay attention to what your critics are saying. As Dale Carnegie observed, \u2018Nobody kicks a dead dog!\u2019 <\/p>\n
You\u2019re making a difference\u2014otherwise, they wouldn\u2019t even notice you. Seen through this framework, criticism can actually strengthen your faith. For every battle, God has a strategy. So don\u2019t just pray for victory; ask God to show you the winning strategy. A God-given vision will always be greater than the person who is called to fulfil it. The Bible says, \u2018Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain.\u2019<\/i> (Psalm\u00a0127:1\u00a0KJV) God knows the weight you can handle, the materials you need, and how it all fits together in your life. So if He\u2019s speaking to you and you\u2019re afraid to act, stand on this verse: \u2018I will be with you, and you will strike down all the [enemy].\u2019<\/i> (Judges\u00a06:16\u00a0NIV)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Are you being criticised? Has it shaken your confidence? God told Gideon, \u2018If you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp\u2026 and listen to what they are saying. Afterwards, you will be encouraged.\u2019 (Judges\u00a07:10\u201311\u00a0NIV) Why did God send Gideon and his servant into the enemy camp? To hear what they were saying, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}