Love Is Priority
Annie, OIC
The greatest of these is love…
When you are called to love as Christ loved you risk rejection.
One of the most important fruits of the Spirit is love..
Loving is exposing yourself to hurt and rejection. We as Christians must accept in advance before we do any ministry works that there will be rejection. There is Healing in Christ for rejection, for although people reject us God does not. He binds us up and heals our broken heart. We are to receive our healing for the hurt and pain caused from years of rejection.
John 1:11 says, “ He came unto his own an his own received him not.”
When we are hurt and rejected by others we must understand that we are then fellowshipping in Christ’s sufferings. For all the years I spent being rejected and hurt I did not understand that it was God’s permissive will for me to go through those years to birth his anointing in me. I had no idea it was for my good and that I was partaking in His sufferings. Now that I know that I can cherish it knowing it was all for His Glory .Then I knew it was not in vain, that in return gives me my beauty for my ashes. He has purged me in fire and sat me on a rock. I am highly blessed and favored of the Lord.
Mark 8:31: He than began to teach them the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and teachers of the law, that he must be killed and raised to life on the 3rd day.
Know this beloved of the Lord, there is life after rejection, even if it is rejection of someone you loved greatly. Know that they did not reject you; but the Christ in you. God takes that very seriously.
Proverbs 30:22-23
An unloved woman who is married makes the earth tremble.
Did you know that verse was in there? I didn’t’. Think about it. An unloved woman who is married. That was me for many years. I felt unloved, rejected, and felt like nothing I did was good enough. But, it was not in vain. God has promised me 100 fold for my hurts. I believe Him. He is not a man that he should lie and know that whatever your going through he will use as well.
Psalms 27:10
“The Lord receives me.”
Thankyou Jesus that every time I have tried to give my love away in your name it was not lost. You never let it fall to the ground. Your word says love never fails. Even though I have thought I was a failure every time, you were there to catch it and you will give it all back to me. You Lord receive me. I love you. Amen.
