Stop waving at your haters

If I hear another preacher say “wave at your haters and say bye-bye” I believe that I’m going to throw up! I understand that everyone has people that don’t necessarily like them. There are people that don’t really care for me either. However, I don’t want to spend the rest of my life using all of my energy focusing on what used to be. My enemies/haters (or whatever we want to call them) are a part of my past; I’ve done enough waving at them. I said goodbye a long time ago. I believe now is the time in my life where I am going to stop waving and start working. We must take the attitude of Jesus and “work the works of him that sent [us], while it is day” (John 9:4a). Now is the time to start rebuilding our lives. Nehemiah provides us a great example on how to handle the temptation to peep at the past. Nehemiah was so focused on building what had been torn down, that he did not have time to come down and even respond the requests of his enemies. After they asked to meet with him, Nehemiah sent a message that said “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?" (Nehemiah 6:3). Always keep in mind that temporary people tear down, but mature people build up. So the next time someone asks you to look at your haters, tell them that you have matured from peeping at your past to focusing on your future.