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How To Handle Haters
Contributed by Kirk Devine on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: This message deals with how to handle those that are jealous and envyous of what God is doing in our lives and how to deal with those people in a Godly way so
II. BY KNOWING SOMETHING ABOUT THEM
KJV-The Children of Belial-proverbial term to describe worthless men… Here’s the appointed king in the company of some worthless, trifling men, who are telling him he can’t do it, some worthless dysfunctional men…
Why should I let somebody who can’t get it together, keep me from having it together… (Trying to say…) Before you listen to folk, check out their history (marriage) can’t get along with their own husbands telling you how to get along with yours. Can’t keep a girlfriend tell you how to get a girlfriend…
It’s not that they don’t like you, they have a history of criticism... They were not Belial; they were the children of Belial… They had taken on the behavior of the people that produced them… (Help you…) Before you hook up with somebody you better go to a barbeque or a family reunion. Check out their mama, check out their daddy. Go meet Auntie Sue, Cousin Poochie because if there is dysfunction there it’s bound to show up in them…
If you’re going to handle your haters, you need to I. By Being Confident In Your Purpose… II. By Knowing Something About Them… The finally you can handle your haters...
III. BY REMEMBERING WHAT YOU HAVE IS BY DIVINE PEROGATIVE; NOT HUMAN MANIPULATION
(Big Problem…) The people wanted a king… They assessed their need and compared their need to what they thought Saul’s ability was... They looked at his background, resume... They saw where he was born but not where he was from… They saw where he was born in the natural, but not his home in the heavenlies… What they missed was that Saul had not asked for the job... He was young, no military experience, still wet behind the ears, still had milk in the corner of his mouth but what he did have was FAVOR…!
Favor will get you that:
Car you could dream about…
Job you applied for as a joke…
House you did not deserve…
Favor ain’t fair… Because God gives it to you at His prerogative so that He can get the glory…
(Trying to say…) When God gives you favor, you can tell your haters, “Don’t look at me… Look at Who is in charge of me…
Instead of hating on me, you need to understand that what I have I did not earn it... I can not afford it… I don’t have the education for it…”
(Trying to say…) You need to understand that favor ain’t fair… And the thing I like about God’s favor is that you can handle your haters when you remember that it ain’t about you, but it’s all about God… And what He’s done for you… (One question…) Has He done anything for you…?
