Eyes Up!
Warning: Transparency Ahead
The past week has been tough. I've felt stepped on, kicked, rejection, abandoned, overlooked and left lonely. Not by God; but by people. People I thought were my friends, people I thought were loyal and people I looked up to all let me down.
We often say "just keep your eyes on Jesus" but that is sometimes very difficult to do. It is hard not to get your eyes on people when God works through people.Today God reminded me of the reason He allows people to hurt us; the reason He allows us to feel kicked, stepped on, overlooked, rejected, abandoned and left lonely. It is two-fold:
1) It is for just that --- a reminder to KEEP OUR EYES ON JESUS!
2) It is also to remind us that, though the scripture teaches us to keep our eyes on Christ, it is not a license to treat other people badly. Keeping our eyes on Jesus also means acting like Jesus!
3) The most important reason He allows us to feel all these things is so that we can share in the sufferings of our precious Lord. He was kicked, stepped on, rejected, abandon and left lonely by 1 - His enemies 2 - the religious organization of the time and 3 - His "friends".
I am very sensitive to the way people treat me. Perhaps too much so. It is my old nemesis - Rejection Complex - a daily battle! On the flip side, I am also very sensitive to not hurting others. I obsess if I think I may have unintentionally hurt someone.
We all, including me, have hurt others unintentionally. Afterall, we are human. We fail. If I have failed you in any of the above ways I ask now for your forgiveness. My earnest prayer is to never be the instrument Satan uses to make other people feel as I have felt the past week.
I am so grateful to know that Jesus Christ will NEVER kick me, step on me, reject me, abandon me or leave me lonely!
And neither will He you!
Pray for me as I pray for you!
Be blessed!
Pastor Jennifer
I am very sensitive to the way people treat me. Perhaps too much so. It is my old nemesis - Rejection Complex - a daily battle! On the flip side, I am also very sensitive to not hurting others. I obsess if I think I may have unintentionally hurt someone.
We all, including me, have hurt others unintentionally. Afterall, we are human. We fail. If I have failed you in any of the above ways I ask now for your forgiveness. My earnest prayer is to never be the instrument Satan uses to make other people feel as I have felt the past week.
I am so grateful to know that Jesus Christ will NEVER kick me, step on me, reject me, abandon me or leave me lonely!
And neither will He you!
Pray for me as I pray for you!
Be blessed!
Pastor Jennifer
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