Who or what is a naysayer? It is a person who criticizes, objects to, or opposes something. It seems like every time I turn around, I hear of another naysayer on a feeding frenzy trying to devour things that are wholesome and good with counter attacks of unfounded, meaningless jargon.
They push their agendas
feverishly to supersede, suppress, and counteract common sense thinking to
nullify the purity of truth. They want
to achieve top billing above the populous of which is the majority even though
these naysayers are in the minority.
Most of these naysayers are
squeaking louder than most Americans, thus getting the grease and attention
from the news media, achieving recognition for their godless viewpoints.
The following question is
regarding the responsibility of Christians and good people everywhere. When sin bombards good and howls like a
torrential rainstorm with floods following, where are the solid masses of
people that should be rising to protect the vulnerable and naïve? They should be constructing dams of
steadfastness to make things right instead of lying down on the job in defeat,
failing to support all that is good.
Another question is this. Where were God fearing individuals and
straight thinkers when they should have taken a stand on the firm foundation of
truth for the Constitutional Rights of the majority before allowing one
atheist, being the minority, to be instrumental in the removal of Bibles from
public schools?
I was appalled when I recently
learned that there is a very small percentage of Christians that vote in
elections. In my opinion, this is WRONG,
anyway you spell it.
Where is the standard that is
spoken of in the Bible if Christians stay home to watch their favorite
television shows or attend sport’s arenas and support their teams rather than
casting their all-important vote at the polls for the wellbeing of Home, State,
and America?
By their noninvolvement, they are
in essence saying, “What will be will be.
It’s in God’s hands.” Are not
Believers God’s voice? Are we not His
hands to check the right box for liberty, justice, and the pursuit of happiness,
maintaining “In God We Trust” in America?
Not only Christians, but every
red-blooded American should stand for something worth while rather than taking
a backseat and fall for every wind of doctrine or false prophet (naysayer) that
opens their mouth to usurp the voice of freedom in the good ole U.S.A.
I can only propose solutions
as I see them, but I realize it is up to every individual that reads my
thoughts to put into action what they know is the right thing to do, without
compromising better judgement and their principles. The Bible says that if we pray and seek God,
our land will be healed.
I believe that voting our
conscience goes hand in hand with the following scripture as we pray and ask
God for direction as to which person, or important measure to vote for. We cannot sit by and do nothing, allowing
naysayers to have their way.
(2 Chronicles 7:14), “If My
people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My
face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive
their sin and heal their land.”
Negative people that live
their lives hungering after dissension and confusion rather than looking for
the good in people and giving of themselves to society’s betterment, are, in my
opinion, naysayers. I believe it is
worthwhile to do something positive with one’s life rather than tearing down
rules and regulations and failing to appreciate the good things that are worth
living for.
At the end of the day,
naysayers are of all people most miserable.
How do I know this? I was one of
these people before I surrendered my life to Jesus at my bedside one evening
when I realized that I was a negative person without peace and searching for it
in all the wrong places.
I found Jesus the Prince of
Peace. In Him was the stability I needed
and the purpose I could get behind and support, while telling others of God’s
love. The Lord is the cornerstone of my
new life and solid foundation upon whom I firmly stand.
It is an ongoing battle for me
to find grace to help me overcome my pessimistic, Type-A personality. It takes work to keep my heel on the nape of
my old nature and heart of stone, but I always find grace in the eyes of the
Lord. If it were not for His long-suffering,
where would I be?
We must guard against being
swain this way or that way and stay clear of the temptation to unite with
naysayers that strike out against all that is good. We need to do the opposite of their
gymnastics and stand for the good rather than falling for things that are bad.
When I listen to special news
reports on television, it seems that sin is abounding like never before, but it
doesn’t mean that I must follow in the wake of the minority as they spew their one-sided
nonsense. I am determined to stand for
Christ in the face of any kind of opposition.
God is my strength, and His grace will always abound.
(Romans 5:20), “Moreover
the law entered that the offense might abound.
But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more.”
(Isaiah 59:19), “So shall
they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and His glory from the rising of
the sun; when the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift
up a standard against him.”
Hurtful and outlandish
rhetoric is always accompanied with judgmental accusations against God and the
things of God. These acts are certainly
anti-Christ in nature and full of dissension, whereas they are like dead man’s
bones, having no life.
This last-ditch effort of
Satan (evil against good) is increasingly troubling to me, as people give
themselves over to smoke and mirror type propaganda that apposes all that is
good.
When I witness to
non-Christians about the love of God, on occasion some of these people balk at
the message. As I continue to share
words of life with a concerned and caring attitude for their well-being, things
level out, and they begin to listen to the words I have. I tell
them about the death of Jesus on a cross and that He gave His life for their
sins and that God loves them with a never-ending love.
Naysayers are becoming more
emboldened with the lies they promote, and sadly, increasing in numbers, but
God will always have the final say as men, women, boys, and girls take a stand
against evil in the strength and power of the Holy Spirit.
Troublesome places of
contention are happening in public schools, and several colleges around our
nation. Naysayers are raising their ugly
heads everywhere, while fake news on local television stations jump on the
bandwagon to support extremism. It is
shameful how they spread bitter lies and capitalize on unfounded propaganda.
Christianity and Judaism are
looked down upon by naysayers that are anti-Christian, while antisemitism is on
the rise. Some schoolteachers, college
administrators and professors fail to safeguard the civil rights of students as
they ought, against antisemitic harassment.
Activists have nothing better
to do than demonstrate on campuses against certain ethnicities, such as Jewish
students, preventing them from attending classes. It would be outstanding if these
demonstrators would read the Golden Rule and realize the true meaning of it and
apply its fundamental message to themselves.
It is the principle of treating others as one would want to be treated
by them.
I look at these naysayers as
ponds being used in the greater scheme of things—tyranny, the unrestrained
exercise of power and abuse of authority.
Many of these people act out to watch themselves and their rebellious
activities on the 5 o’clock news. Some
of them can’t even give a cognitive explanation as to the full story of their
cause and why they are demonstrating.
Many are mere followers, being manipulated and used by naysayers to advance
unrest and calamity.
You and I need to guard
against being led astray by the world’s standard of what seems right and stand
firm in one’s values rather than becoming like a leaf in the breeze of
rebellion and allowing oneself to be blown wherever the wind of
anti-establishment is inclined to blow.
If we are not careful, we can
give into being dominated by the minority rather than standing up for what we
know is right. This takes intestinal
fortitude to not flow with misdirected and misinformed naysayers. To bring it closer to home, it takes guts to
stand up for what’s right.
Ask yourself, “Do I want to
become a person that throws away my personal values of humble integrity, or is
it easier to raise my hands in total surrender to the tyranny of naysayers,
because I am weak?” God gives strength
where strength is needed. He is our high
tower and standard to combat the world’s influential rhetoric of negativism.
Christians are the salt of the
earth, and the oil that suppresses the squeaking sound of naysayers and shuts
up the noise when they strive to invade our peaceful lives with negativism that
brings confusion and heartache.
(1 Corinthians 14:33), “For
God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the
saints.”
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Papa Boyd
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