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The Power of Instant Reaction to Negative Speech

30 Jun 2025, 11.07AM

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Be bold. Be instant. Be unshakable. Let your words fight for you, rise for you, defend you, and win for you.

The Power of Instant Reaction to Negative Speech


Let me tell you a truth the world won’t always say politely: Success is war. Faith is fire. And your reaction to negativity determines your outcome.


I still remember the day I stepped into my faculty office, freshly admitted to study Law. I wasn’t just a student; I was a pastor, a man of faith, a vessel ready to unleash excellence.

But that day, the Faculty Officer looked at me with disdain. No greeting. No welcome. Just venom.


Then she spat these words at me:

“If care is not taken, you’ll spend more than seven years in this faculty!”


Imagine the insult, for a five-year course!

But I didn’t flinch. I didn’t shrink. I reacted instantly:

“It is NOT possible. I will NOT spend more than five years here.”


Listen carefully this is not motivational hype. It is spiritual warfare. It is mental resistance. It is defending your destiny.

Yes, challenges came carryovers, hostile lecturers, delays, frustrations. But my words had already gone ahead of me like armed soldiers.

And what happened? I graduated among the top 21 out of 165 students, with a CGPA of about 4.01.

Some lecturers tried to bury me, but I told them and life itself:

“No. My destiny cannot fail!”

Here’s the problem with too many brilliant people, business minds, and dreamers: they hear negative words

“You’ll fail.”
“You can’t make it.”
“You’re finished.”

And what do they do? They cry. They withdraw. They surrender.

Shame!

Let me speak plainly: If you do not react instantly to negative words, you are giving life permission to disrespect your destiny.

You don’t negotiate with curses. You don’t manage wicked words. You fire back immediately.

If someone says, “You will die,” don’t blink! Roar back:

“I shall live! I shall not die! I shall fulfill destiny!”

If they say:

  1. “You’ll never make it in this business.”
  2. React: “I was born to dominate markets. Watch me break records!”
  3. “Your life is useless.”
  4. React: “I am a generational blessing. My life shakes nations!”
  5. “You’re too poor to succeed.”
  6. React: “Wealth flows in my DNA. I don’t do smallness.”
  7. “You’re a failure. Just quit.”
  8. React: “I don’t quit. I conquer. I redefine success.”

This is spiritual chemistry Newton’s Third Law in action: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

When the devil speaks, you speak back.

When life dares you, you dare it harder.


Your silence is consent. Your delayed response is submission.

Look at David in the Bible. When Goliath mocked him in 1 Samuel 17:43–44:

“Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks? … Come here, and I’ll give your flesh to the birds and wild animals!”

David didn’t blink. He didn’t schedule a prayer retreat. He reacted instantly.


In 1 Samuel 17:45–47, David roared back within seconds:

“You come against me with sword and spear, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty… This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands… and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel!”

That entire exchange took less than 20 seconds. The result? Victory in less than two minutes.

Because the speed of your response determines the force of your victory.


David didn’t cower. He didn’t cry. He countered. He declared. He charged.

Be bold. Be instant. Be unshakable. Let your words fight for you, rise for you, defend you, and win for you.

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