Let It Go And Go [Here I am pt. 3]

Gravetop Church

Main Idea: Learning how to endure and stay focused on your calling by having a grasp on your emotions and trusting God with the outcomes. Paul. (Acts 14:8-20)

When you allow yourself to become activated in your faith through servanthood, you will begin the journey of ministry. That journey is a roller coaster of ups and downs, wins and losses, praises and criticisms. Learning how to create stability in your emotions and faith is critical in being able to endure these kinds of trials and tests.

Today we are going to talk about the volatility of people and their opinions of you, and then we are going to learn how to build an emotional and spiritual foundation in order to endure it. And at the end, we are going to talk about knowing when to move on from a place or people that is no longer fruitful.

The reason that this topic is so important is because once people finally start the path of servanthood and humility, they typically feel like they are sucker-punched by the sometimes irrational reactions of others. You need to know how to brace yourself and how to discern when you need to stay or go from somewhere. If not, you will end up confused and discouraged about your calling and your faith.

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1. Don’t Take It To Heart

[THE GENERAL OPINION OF PEOPLE IS OFTEN UNSTABLE]

In this story, we see people literally ready to worship Paul but in the next moment hate him so much to the point of attempting to kill him. It is a perfect display to show how incredibly fickle people’s opinions can be. They can seemingly love you one moment and hate you the next.

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2. Don’t Let Anxiety Win

[INTEGRITY GROWS CONFIDENCE]

Within humility is the essence of integrity. In this scene, we see Paul’s integrity glow in the fact that he didn’t accept the people’s worship or praises and in the fact that he didn’t back down even in the face of violent disagreements. He stayed on point with his mission and calling despite the extreme polarized receptions of the people.

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3. Don’t Have To Stay

[YOU DON’T HAVE TO STAY IN A PLACE THAT HAS REJECTED YOU]

My favorite part about this story is the fact that Paul gets back up. And when he does, he goes back into the town that just attempted to kill him, spends the night to rest and then leaves to go to another town to do the same thing.

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