Psalm 109:3  They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
Warren Wiersbe writes… During the early days of the Salvation Army, William Booth and his associates were bitterly attacked in the press by religious leaders and government leaders alike. Whenever his son, Bramwell, showed Booth a newspaper attack, the General would reply, “Bramwell, fifty years hence it will matter very little indeed how these people treated us; it will matter a great deal how we dealt with the work of God.”  When God’s people are faced with the attacks of the enemy we must refuse the temptation to focus on the foe and keep looking to our Father in Heaven.  There are some things that will matter very little 50 years from now.  There are other things that will matter a great deal.  When Nehemiah was challenged to come down from his working on the wall to talk to Sanballat and Tobiah he responded-
“I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?”  The enemy wants us to compromise and quit!  I will guarantee you Nehemiah is glad he remained faithful and did not engage the naysayers.   Let’s stay focused on our walk, our work, the worship of our Lord, that we may win others to Christ.  50 years from now, I promise these things will matter.  Amen.  Pastor