I was reading in Matthew 10 today about Jesus sending out His disciples to reach the people of Israel.
N.T. Wright pointed out that one of the things Jesus tells them on their way out to start this journey to spread the good news, is that not everyone will want to hear what they have to say.
If not everyone will want to hear the truth from the disciples of the Son of God, then how can we expect any different results?
Not everyone is going to understand our faith.
Not everyone is going to agree with us on everything.
Some people will reject the good news that we share with them.
Some people will persecute you for your faith.
This is ok.
It is not our jobs to save everybody.
It is our job to spread the seeds as widely as we can and to let God do the work of growing the seeds.
But still, some will reject us.
That is hard news for us.
We long to be loved and accepted by everyone around us.
We do everything we can to please people and get them to agree with us.
But that was never our job.
God has sent us into the world to spread his Gospel to those who would hear.
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