Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

1 Timothy 6:12 King James Version (KJV)

It is during the times that we are getting so close to where we have been working to be that the enemy wants to come in and destroy it. He wants to bring distractions to cause you to get your mind off of your goal and to start walking in a different direction before you posses what God has planned for your life.

A lot of the distractions are of no value, they are just noise makers. They are there to remind you that what you are doing is important and that you really are making a difference. Difference-makers receive the most criticism and receive the most attention. It can be easy to think that the uproar is something to do with you, but it is not always. It is to do with the impact you are making, the progress you have seen and are seeing.

If you keep going you’ll soon see a lot of these distractions disappear from your eyes as you see the sunlight come through the curtains. You will realize that you were right, that you were going in the right direction. And with just a little push you reached where you intended to go.

On this journey to wherever you are trying to go, don’t use your distractions, hurts or circumstances to determine where you are or where you are going.

Many times these are just smokescreens that are alerting you that you really are going in the right direction. If you have nothing against you, you are not going against the current, and you are not really making a difference.

But when you are really changing in your life or the lives of others, then you are going against the norm. You are a leader and you will soon see why the opposition was so strong when the outcome becomes so evident.

So don’t give up, this is not the time to allow people to cause you to lose your vision. Instead focus your eyes solely on the one who has your best interest at heart. Don’t trust people, trust him and keep moving forward with him even if you are hanging on by a thread.