STOP HURTING JESUS

"And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."

Matthew 25:40
King James Version

It is time that we stop hurting Jesus.  Every time we say something that hurts someone or do something that hurts someone, we are hurting Jesus.  All of us are guilty of hurting Jesus at times and that includes me.  None of us are perfect.  There was only one perfect person who ever lived and His Name is Jesus.

There are times that people hurt us but there are also times when we hurt people.  Hopefully, we don't hurt people on purpose.  I have to be honest and admit when someone says something cruel to me or does something to hurt me, I get upset and I have to ask Jesus to help me keep my big mouth shut.  Jesus is the only One Who has a right to stay angry when someone hurts Him but He doesn't stay angry, He forgives us.

Jesus set the example of forgiveness for us while He was still hanging on the cross with the blood flowing down His body.  We read in the Bible "And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left" (Luke 23:33, 34).  If ever someone had a right to stay angry and never forgive, it is Jesus.

Jesus had been beaten beyond recognition, spat on, cursed, mocked and left alone to die on the cross for our sins.  Jesus was alone when He died because His Father had to turn away from Him while He was hanging on the cross for our sins.  God is a Holy God and He can't look on sin so He had to turn away from His beloved Son.

May God have mercy on us because we allow unforgiveness, bitterness and resentment to remain in our heart.  All of these things hurt Jesus and break His heart.  It is time we stop hurting Jesus and love one another unconditionally as He has commanded us to love each other.

Joanne Lowe

November 6, 2019