How awful it must be to be one of the lost. It must be a time of confusion, a time of hate, a time where life itself must seem pointless.
I’ve been there and it has been many years since God touched my life and turned me around. I still remember the feelings I had and that was at a time when life around me seemed stable. It was my life that was out of control.
Today, society is on the warpath. It is out to kill the beliefs and thoughts of anyone who doesn’t agree with them. A time is coming when it will not be enough. They will want to kill those who differ from them.
Christians are called to be different. We are called to be like Jesus. He was killed and told us that we would be persecuted, too, for his sake.
When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we know what will happen. Why? Because we were lost and then found. Remembering the thoughts that went through our own minds should not be a stretch.
We know and yet, we still love Jesus. We know that he gave everything to us. He gave us his life, he gave us his forgiveness, he gave us eternal life.
What does it matter what others think of us? We know that what we are doing is pleasing to God. He is the ultimate judge of everyone. Those who persecute us with either become believers or face the final judgement for what they have done.
I am sad for those people. They have the opportunity and they choose to throw it away. They will have eternity to regret what they have done.
Stay the course, Christians. Follow Jesus. Love others, even those who accuse you and hate you. Know that you are doing what God wants you to do and that is why you are hated.
Better to be hated in this life than to face eternity without God, never knowing his love.
Matthew 5:10-12
“Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”