Dealing with Snarky Comments | John Giftah

0:01 Do you ever look around and think, Wow, the world is a crazy place and it just seems to get crazier and crazier. Ease your mind and take a break. This is Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. We're a hub for inspirational Christian sermons, practical keys for Christian living, and Christian discussions and interviews. You'll be inspired to live the life that you were created for. Your host is a top ranking podcaster, best selling author, world record holder, aerospace engineer, life coach, evangelist, and founder of John Gifta International.

0:43 Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. We all go through moments in life when we come across snaky comments, when people just want to walk insult and put you down. They just want to size you up. They just look at your life and they say, you know what, who do you think you are? You are a nobody. I know where you come from. And sometimes what they say may stay true in the natural because they know you, they grew up with you, or they could be relatives, it could be maybe friends, it could be people who have seen you grow consists for many, many years, and so they think that you know what what what you're up to is nothing good.

1:31 So they want to put you down. They want to keep you under control, they want to manipulate you, they want to, you know, put you in that mold, in a box, so that you will not step into the fullness of your destiny. But what I want you guys to understand is that when you face those comments, first of all, understand people don't determine your destiny. God does. Don't let those comments. Don't let those opinions of people push you down. Don't let them keep you down. Let don't let them control you. Don't let them manipulate you.

2:02 Don't let them to change you. Be who God created you to be. Be confident in the person that God has created you to be for such a time as this, for a specific purpose, for a specific assignment. Remember, not everybody's going to understand you. Not everybody is going to be there supporting and cheering you as you step into your calling. Some are going to think you're stupid. Some are going to think you're dumb. Some of people are going to just think that you don't understand the seriousness of it.

2:30 But be confident and be bold who God created you to be. Now, when you look at for Samuel, chapter seventeen, there's a moment when you understand that the people of God, the people of Israel, the Chosen Ones, are in deep trouble. They're being taunted by their enemies. There's this big, giant Goliath whose such a threat to them. The Philistines are constantly targeting them, and they do not know what to do. And at this moment, there's some point you realize that David who had the inner warrior spirit in him.

3:06 You know, even when all the other soldiers were scared, they were running errands, nobody had the courage to face Goliath. This guy had that boldness. He had that thing where he wanted to, you know, get more information so that he can go fight. Because you see, when you are called to do something extraordinary, you will have that boldness that other people don't have. Okay, that's another message altogether. So what I'm saying is when you step into that, you will come across people who are trying to stop you.

3:34 That's exactly what David's elder brother did in verse twenty eight, where he hears about what David was doing talking to other men, he got so mad he was trying to put him down. He said, what are you doing here? Why aren't you minding your own business tending to that scrawny flock of sheep. He was trying to put him down in front of everybody, shouting and saying, you know you you're just to be a shopper. You can only take care of sheep, those scrawny those. It was, it was, it was literally putting his brother down, mocking him.

4:06 There. You know you're you're that's where you are, This is where you belong. You know, I size you up. That's exactly what David's brother did, right what. I don't know what you're up to. You're you're blah blah blah, And this is what happens, okay in verse twenty nine, and you know I'm reading from the message version um where it's verse twenty nine, verse thirty together. What is it with you? Replied David. All I asked was a question. And this is what is so powerful, he says, ignoring his brother.

4:40 He turned to someone else and continued his conversation. Ignoring his brother. He turned to someone else. If you look at different translations, that's what it says. He turned to somebody else and began his conversation. I want you guys to understand, when you get snarky comments, you don't have to go fight with them. You don't have to go and try to prove your point with them, trying to make them apologize or whatever. David did not say, Hey, how dare you say that about me? How dare you size me up?

5:11 How dare you criticize me? How dare you mock me? He was not saying all of that, and he was not sitting there trying to fight and prove his point to his brother. The Bible says he ignored his brother, and he continued to do what he was supposed to do. Amyah to tell you, guys, you know, in your life you will face moments where people are snaki. You will face moments when people want to mock you, they want to criticize you. And I'm telling you, in my life, because of the position that I hold being a preacher, being a minister of the Gospel, because of the influence of different things that I do, or even other things like comedy or even my love for Scooby Doo, all of these things in my life, I face tremendous amount of mockery or snoky comments and people saying things that can be very hurtful when you allow that to sink in, it can really you know, make you run under the carpet and hide.

6:10 But you know what, that's not what we are supposed to do. You know, we these same people like Eliab who are putting down David. We cannot tell any good quality about Eliab. We can never talk about any of the achievements of Eliab. Nobody says, you know what, I want to be like an Eliab. Everybody says I want to be like a David. I want to achieve things like David did. I want to be a man of the guards on heart like David. I want to you know, conquered giants like David. Nobody says I want to be like Eliab.

6:44 What I want you to understand is you be a David who will ignore the snarky comments. Don't let them stop you. You know, when I look back over the shoulders. People made all sorts of comments about the podcast. They said, who is even going to listen to your ramblings? They said, you know this is not going to work out, This is not going to happen. Nothing good is going to come out of it. But if I allow those negative comments to stop me. You know there were moments when they said that literally nobody was listening.

7:15 Do you know there were moments when I organize meetings, literally nobody has showed up. But because I continue to do what God called me to do, ignoring those comments, ignoring those negative naysayers, I continue to do what I'm supposed to do. Those people who pushed me down, put me in a bad spot, who mocked me, who ready culled me, you don't have any clue what they're even up to in their life. I'm not putting anyone down, but you have no clue what's going on. But God has brought me thus far because I stayed true to who God's created me to be.

7:53 Today, I want to speak over you guys that you will stay true to who God created you to be. Stay bold against all odds, even if other people don't understand. It doesn't matter. Be who gots creat to be. You will be known as the giants Layer. You would be known as the man or a woman after God's own hot that people will say. I want to appeal like that. Amen, God bless you. You've been listening to fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. We hope you were blessed and inspired to live the life that God has for you.

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