Nobody can ever make you feel average without your permission. Ingratitude and criticism are going to come; they are a part of a price paid for leaping past mediocrity.
Jesus himself, after healing ten lepers, was only thanked by one of them. (Luke 17:11-19.) Instead of being surprised by the ingratitude from others, we should learn to expect it.
If you move with God, you will be criticized. The only sure way to fend off criticism is to do nothing and be nothing. Those who do things inevitable stir up criticism.
The bible offers this great promise concerning criticism: the truth always outlives a lie. This fact is backed up by Proverbs 12:19: the lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Most of the time people who are critical are either jealous or uninformed.
They usually say things that have no impact whatsoever upon the truth. There’s a famous anonymous saying that describes this situation perfectly: “It is useless for the sheep to pass resolution in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.” If what you say and do is of God, it will not make any difference if every person on the face of the earth stands up and criticizes. Likewise, if it is not of God, nothing other people say will make it right.
They usually say things that have no impact whatsoever upon the truth. There’s a famous anonymous saying that describes this situation perfectly: “It is useless for the sheep to pass resolution in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.” If what you say and do is of God, it will not make any difference if every person on the face of the earth stands up and criticizes. Likewise, if it is not of God, nothing other people say will make it right.
Pay no attention to negative criticism. Trust in the lord and do good…(Ps 37:3) knowing that in the end what you do in the Lord will be rewarded.
