Rejected…. Well, I was warned that I would be…
“….you will be hated.” (Matt. 24:9)
“Count yourself blessed every time someone cuts you down or throws you out, every time someone smears or blackens your name …….. What it means is that the truth is too close for comfort and that that person is uncomfortable.” ( Luke 6:22 The Message)
Speaking God’s truth is confrontational. It shines His Light into dark corners, and none of us like to see what hides in our corners.
Yet, we are called to speak His truth and share His Message…His Good News. We are sent. "Go into the world. Go everywhere and announce the Message of God's good news to one and all. (Mark 16:15 The Message)
It is difficult.
But rejection can not stop us.
It didn’t stop Jesus.
“He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. He was despised, and we esteemed Him not…..He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows.
He was pierced for MY transgressions,
He was crushed for MY iniquities
The punishment that brought ME peace was upon Him,
…..and by His wounds I am healed.” (Isaiah 53:3-5)
