REJECTION

“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.”

Isaiah 53:3 KJV

Have you ever been rejected?  I have and it hurts.  Nobody likes to be rejected.  Jesus was rejected many times and He knows how it hurts to be rejected.  He was rejected when He was here on His mission and what breaks my heart is that He is still being rejected today by many people.

John W. Peterson wrote the inspiring hymn “No Room”.  These words break my heart.  “No room, only a manger of hay.  No room, He is a stranger today.”  Yes, even today our precious Saviour is being rejected.  He gave His life for us and yet people are still hurting Him and breaking His heart.

If you are a parent, you know how it hurts you and upsets you when someone says something or does something to hurt your children.  Think how our Heavenly Father must feel to see the way His beloved Son is treated.  One day we will stand before God and give an account of how we treated His Son.

Will we have to hang our head in shame?  It is time that we give Jesus the respect that He so richly deserves.  Let’s open the door to our heart wider and let Jesus have first place in our heart, in our life, in our activities and in everything we do and say.  If ever someone deserves to be praised, it is Jesus!

All hail, King Jesus!  Worthy is the Lamb of God!  He is the KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS!  O how I love Jesus.  He is the reason I get out of bed in the morning and He is my joy and happiness.  Praise God, one day I will see Him face to face.

Joanne Lowe

October 12, 2016