Stay close to those who encourage you. Encouragers are not sychophants. Associating with positive energy is not bootlicking. Life has so many challenges, you don’t need a friend who’s a fault finder.
Criticism is not feedback. We only critic one’s professional work to help them refine their craft. But there’s nothing helpful with personal attacks.
The enemy accuses believers day and night (Rev 12:10). He reports in heaven every fault, flaw and sin we commit. He’s doing his job very well. He doesn’t need your help. Every time you criticize someone, you’ve appointed yourself a junior devil.
Even when you criticize yourself, you are criticizing God’s handiwork. Our righteousness has nothing to do with our actions or inactions. Our righteousness is a gift from above bestowed on us from the righteousness of Jesus Christ.
Maturity in Christ is the acceptance that the enemy cannot bring any charge against you as a child of God. Every crime we’ve committed has fully been paid for on the cross. Who can bring any charge to God’s elect (Rom 8:33)?
DR. K. N. JACOB
