Sanballat and Tobiah literally had nothing good to say; the whole project was a disaster. Perhaps you have encountered such devastating criticism: not a constructive assessment of strengths and weaknesses, but a wholesale assault that makes it look stupid to even try. This is one of Satan’s key tactics against God’s people. Gerald Bilkes writes, “Rather than issuing an all-out assault on us, which we might more easily recognize, Satan tries to intimidate us psychologically and spiritually. This effective