Just Ignore Them.... | John Giftah | Christian Sermon

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.

0:42 Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. In my previous episode, I was talking to you from First Time You're chapter ten, and I was talking to you of the moment when Saul it was chro to become the king of Israel, and I told you about how the lawd touched the hearts of some people to go out and join him, to stand with him and support him. And I also reminded you of the fact that you don't have to go after to prove to people or to convince people to like you, or it's not the personality trait or Saul or any of his skills or his abilities that draw that drew them to Solve.

1:28 The Bible is very clear. It says that a group of men whose hearts God had touched went with him, which means that the right people will come not because of what you say, or what you do, or what you can give them, but they will come because the Lord has spoken to them at the right time, they were going to show up in your life. And at the same time I was telling you guys that I would share today about the an important aspect that you can see. Verse twenty seven. It says, but there were some scoundrels who complain, how can this man save us?

2:00 And they scorned them and refuse to bring gifts to him, but allow what the last part of this versays, but Solve ignored them. But Solve ignored them. What I want you guys to understand is whenever you go to new levels of your destiny. You know, I think this is a famous court I've heard so many times. You know, new levels bring new devils in the sense that you know, when you keep growing towards the fullness of your destiny, some people just cannot tolerate, you know, for various reasons. They are not in the level that you're in, and it's the favor of God upon your life.

2:36 That's one part. But also the fact that many of them don't want to put in the work, right, a lot of times I've seen, you know, over the years, people who don't want to put in the work, who don't want to stay committed, who don't want to bring in you know, like do anything virtual. They tend to get jealous or you know, they try to bad mouth the work that I do or discredit the work that I do because they can't do I'm doing, you know what I mean. I'm not saying it's because of me or you know, I build the ministry or the podcast or anything.

3:05 It's I give all glory, honor and praise to God and God alone, because it's all Him and Him using me to be a blessing to people. But at the same time, there's also this fact that you know, I pray, God give me the grace not to be lazy and complacent, help me to keep pushing forward. And so depending on God, I'm able to do what I'm able to do. But sometimes people don't want to put in the work. Sometimes people are just jealous. They cannot tolerate somebody else getting blessed. And here is a moment you see when Saul is crowned to become the king.

3:35 And you know, just if you see prior to this, the Bible says, I just love this. It said that all the people shout along live the king in verse twenty four, right, all the people shout along live the kings, which means like people were praising him and cheering for him. Yeah, the King Saul, and blah blah blah, blah blah blah. They were all excited, but there was some people who just couldn't tolerate. But I want you to understand, there's no matter what you do, some people are just not going to tolerate.

4:03 They're just not going to like you. You can try all you want, you can say what you want, you can do whatever they want you to do, but I want you to understand that it's not going to change their perspective of you. It's not going to change their opinion of you. There if they choose to not like you, they're not gonna like you no matter what you do. You know, I've seen, especially with political debates and all of these things, right, some people who are bent on being against the political party or against a politician.

4:32 No, even if the other person does so many good deeds, they just cannot tolerate because they're like, you know what, maybe he's doing with a bad intention, or maybe you know, I can't support this guy. You know, even if it does something good, they cannot accept it. They don't want to appreciate, they don't want to acknowledge why because they're like, I cannot do this, you know what I mean? And and there will be people no matter what good you do, no matter what you do, they are going to badmouth you.

5:01 They're going to discredit you, they're going to dishonor you. They're not going to support you. They're not going to cheer you. They're going to scan and mark and they're gonna say all sorts of stuff. What makes you think that you're you decided to be the king? I should have been the king. I'm more eligible. Who are you, Saul? I'll tell you what you know. Maybe if you guys follow me on social media, you may know that I also post you know a lot of my I mean, one of my gifts is you know, comedy, and people call it like poor jokes and you know, stuff like that.

5:33 But whatever it is, some of them are really silly. I mean, I'll tell you that's my gift, right, like just being silly in terms of making jokes, and and it brightens, you know, the atmosphere wherever I go, you know, whether it's in my workplace or in church or wherever it's that's that's who I am, you know, bubbly with jokes and all of those things. And and you know, so the Lord gave me this idea, why not you know, once in a while, compile these jokes and put them as reels. And because I used to put them as stories, and then I was like, put them as reels.

6:03 Put them. I also have another YouTube channel where I put all these compilations of my jokes. I just started reacently, and you know, it started getting a lot of traction, you know, because I was like, you know, I want to reach people beyond the Christian circle. I don't want to just get stuck to the four walls of the church. I want to reach people beyond the Christian circle. And one of the ways is, you know, like God gives you the gifts, and one of my gifts is comedy. You know, of course, motivation is one other gift.

6:32 God uses me in the day of motivation. God uses me in the Scooby Doo world in its own way and in comedy. And I was like, that's a great thing. And what happened. They started getting a lot of traction. But at the same time, it's also brought in a lot of people's conning marking, you know, making all kinds of derogatory comments is some For the most part, I delete them and it's public. I'm able to do that yet, so I do that, but you know, I start getting targeted, and then I get I'm being spoken off.

7:01 You know, I get information from different groups saying, you know, these people were talking about you, some people who are mocking you, and you know, apparently you a you know, a friend of mine pastor from another nation. He was in an international call, okay, with different ministers from different uh you know, like Christian leaders from different parts of the world, including India, and he said after the call, people were discussing and he was shocked, like they were actually discussing about my video, and you know, and some of them were very rude and you know, like they just didn't like me.

7:39 And he was shocked. Like what was going on? Maybe I did something wrong? And then he went and checked my videos and said, oh, this is just creativity. There's nothing wrong with what you do. And so him then he shared with me that, you know, this is a and for me, for the most part, I didn't take it personally right when people attack me, I was like just looking at it, like, wow, that means people I don't even know are checking out my content and it's spreading while and I'm grateful for that. But at the same time, here's the thing I want you to understand.

8:07 I learned to just ignore. I learned to just ignore. People ask me, especially when this happened recently, a lot of people ask me, John, how are you dealing with all this, you know, mockery, criticism, and because sometimes you know, I miss out to delete something and then people read it, then later I find it deleted. So people ask me this, uh, you know, like, how can they be so mean to you? How can you put you down like this? And I said, you know, people want to troll, are going to troll no matter what, right, And just like you look at Salt, Salt was king.

8:41 He could just admonish them, he could just you know, maybe punish them. He could do that because he was the king. But what did he do? The Bible says he knowed them. Guys, you your time is so valuable. My time is so valuable. We don't have to waste time with naysayers, doubters, people who are critical, people who are already who are constantly trying to be sarcastic and were constantly putting it down. You don't have to waste time trying to prove to them or convince them. God will convince the right people and the rest of the people.

9:19 All you have to do is just ignore and move on. Why because Saul was already king. You know, in my case, I don't have to go and come explain to anybody. I don't need to do that. I just need to cast my nets and keep pushing forward so that I will be the kind of person that God wants me to be, so that you know, maybe today somebody follows me or checks out this comedy, and then the next day they end up checking out my Christian content. So what is happening. The Word of God is reaching people. And that's my heart, that's our heart, and that's what I want you guys to get to a place where you don't take those negative comments personally.

9:57 Just trust and the Lord move forward and God will bless you and you know use you for the extension of His kingdom. Emmen, 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. Make sure to subscribe to the John Gifta YouTube channel for regular uploads of sermons, skits, interviews, and more. Follow John Gifta on Instagram for regular inspirational posts, and don't forget to check out the best selling books written by John Gifta, Who Am I which will help you understand your identity and the latest number one bestseller Unveil your Purpose, helping you discover your purpose and to start walking in it.

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