How
do you feel when someone straight out rejects you or even just your ideas? Mad,
sad, humiliated, worthless, maybe rebellious, put-down, or just rotten. Negative
feelings from others and brutal rejection are hard to take and frankly, you
have a choice and you don’t have to take that. In a work situation, there maybe
some times when your ideas are not accepted or implemented—and that goes with
the job, but hopefully you don’t take a personal offense at that.
Do you feel like an abandoned old tire?
Rejected?
Jesus gave His life for you to be loved.
Accepted.
Choose wisely.
Rejection
in this scripture passage is serious. By rejecting those disciples whom Jesus
has sent out, they were rejecting Jesus and God the Father, too! To reject God
is to turn one’s back on God for eternity. Alone. Will it be in the cold darkness,
or in the fiery Lake of Fire with the demon and his friends? Either will be
miserable. Both can be avoided by trusting in Jesus Christ as your personal Savior.
Accepting
the message referred to in this passage is indicative of accepting Jesus
Christ. That will be heavenly. Jesus revealed to His disciples that He is the
way, the truth, and the life. That truth is available to us, too. Read the
passage below in context of John 14 for yourself.
Jesus told him (Thomas), "I am the way,
the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.” John
14:6
Easy
choice and then eternity will be with Jesus—serving Him. Eternity is forever—with
or without Jesus. Choose wisely. Accept or reject?
Then
he said to the disciples, "Anyone who accepts your message is also
accepting me. And anyone who rejects you is rejecting me. And anyone who
rejects me is rejecting God, who sent me." Luke 10:16
Prayer
– Lord Jesus, I choose You. I trust that You are the Way, the Truth, and the
Life. Forever with You is a time of joy and hope—that began the moment I chose
You as my Savior and my Lord. Thank you—for Your willingness to be a sacrifice
for my sins—and for the sins of the whole world.
Meditate.
Consider what it means to accept or reject Jesus.
Verse
of Salvation ~ Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no
grapes on the vines; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty
and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are
empty, yet I will rejoice in the LORD! I will be joyful in the God of my
salvation! The Sovereign LORD is my strength! He makes me as surefooted as a
deer, able to tread upon the heights. Habakkuk
3:17-19
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