DON’T LET REJECTION OF OUR LORD DISCOURAGE YOU!
DON’T LET REJECTION OF OUR LORD DISCOURAGE YOU!
And the Lord told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. —I Samuel 8:7-8
As a messenger of our Lord Jesus, don’t be discouraged when people reject that message. Know that “it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king.” When they reject the message you bring, they are rejecting the One that has sent you with that message. Never forget that and never stop bringing the message to people. There will be some, like you and me, that will accept the message. Yes, they will call on King Jesus and—
“Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.” For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” —John 3:14-16
And yes, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” (Romans 10:13). So, brothers and sisters, dear fellow followers of Jesus, keep bringing the message. There are those who will call on His Name and be saved just as you and I did. Stay faithful to the message! May it be so, Dear Father, by the power of Your Holy Spirit and in the authority of Your Son Jesus who has said to us that—
“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matthew 28:18-20) and may we be faithful to what He has said!