Do you know the person, and do they know you? Now, no matter who is doing the rebuking or how they are doing, if the rebuke is accurate, then you need to repent. But if it’s not, don’t swallow the poison. You need to shake the dust off your feet.
And whatever you do, don’t become defensive! Play offense!
You need the emotional tenacity of Nehemiah who said to a couple backbiters named Sanballat and Tobiah: “I am doing a great work so I can’t come down.” Don’t let anyone or anything bring you down! Let it steel your resolve! Don’t get sidetracked by sideways energy!
Press on with the mission.
Press into the presence of God.
Play offense.
