The devil’s M.O.
M.O. is his modus operandi, his usual way of doing business. Today, we are seeing his M.O. is distraction. There is an enemy who will always try to distract you from your mission. He is always trying to spread rumors and cause dissension among people. I love Nehemiah’s reply! “I am carrying on a great project and cannot come down.”
“But they were scheming to harm me; 3 so I sent messengers to them with this reply: “I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and go down to you?” 4 Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave them the same answer.” Nehemiah 6:2-4
Sometimes it is easy to get sucked into all the drama and gossip of meetings and people’s agendas. I call that ‘politics’ (in a negative way) because they simply wanted a meeting, “Come and let us meet together at Hakkephirim in the plain of Ono.” We spend so much time defending our positions and over-spiritualizing things instead of just carrying on the project and not coming down. If you are trying to unite the church to take the gospel to the school campus, somebody is going to try to bring you down. If I may quote Taylor Swift (sorry), “People throw rocks at things that shine.” You can either throw a rock back four times and sit through four meetings with the same people or you can continue your “GREAT PROJECT”!
Carry on! It is worth it: A United Church with a Plan to Influence the School(s) with the Gospel.
Brad Schelling
