Psalms 27:10 NIV
[10] Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me.
We live in a time when acceptance is almost demanded. I am ____ you must accept me. However, even in our country many people who come to love Jesus lose the acceptance of those around them. Their friends desert them, their own families disown them. It is not as bad as the countries where people are in danger for their lives and are beaten and imprisoned for Jesus, but losing the love and acceptance you once knew from others can still be devastating. What of the child whose parents are aggressive against her faith in Jesus and ban her from reading her Bible and going to church. Where does she go? She must live at home, but home does not want her for who she is in Christ.
What of the boy who is no longer permitted on the basketball team because is honest about his faith, his friends turn on him and his teachers abuse him verbally. Where does he go? You must attend school but school is no longer safe.
It may not look like these examples. It may look much worse or not nearly as bad. Yet what do we do when those we trust leave us behind?
David tells us. Even if those I love and rely on desert me, the Lord will receive me.
Even if all those around shun us and we look alone, we have a safe and secure place with Jesus. He is a friend who never leaves us.
Take away:
Sometimes it can be hard to be a Christian in an anti-Christian world. It can be lonely and painful. Yet Jesus is always on our side. As the old song says, “He’s as close as the mention of His name.”
Do not be troubled when people leave you. Trust Jesus and turn to Him. He is there for you.
Carried in the cross 