10/29/23 "Ono"

‭‭10/29/23

5 Minutes of Focus 

"Ono"

[2] Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were scheming to harm me; [3] so I sent messengers to them with this reply: “I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and go down to you?” [4] Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave them the same answer.

Nehemiah-6:2-4 NKJV

Don't be distracted by your enemies. If they were really interested in meeting with you, collaborating with you on some things, the offered would have been made long ago.

But now, if you give in and go...

The meeting will cause you more harm than good.

Beloved, There is nothing they have for you that God has not already provided.

Watching the wall go up and Nehemiah go up had to be killing his enemies. 

You see, your enemies are okay with you as long as you are on the same level as them, but as soon as God starts elevating you, promoting you in a way that is tangible for all to see....

Now, they have a problem with you. So, they want to attach themselves to you and hope that their little, negative, "sly" comments here and there will be enough to discourage you,  to hinder you, get you to second guessing yourself and what  God has called you to do.

Ono!! I don't care what or who it cost you...STAY in position, STAY where God has called you. Don't abandon your post!!

Like Nehemiah, refuse to let the work go undone, while you go down to them, socializing with people you know don't care about you or the God you serve.

They're just jealous and snakes that are jealous will bite, if given the opportunity. Be like the Apostle Paul and shake them off (Acts 28:5 NIV). ‭The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few...KEEP WORKING!! (Matt 9:37 NIV) 

Until Next Sunday. 

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy