Set Apart to Witness

If you can’t handle being despised when you haven’t done anything to deserve someone’s hatred, you can’t handle being a Christian.

Because God blesses His people, He shows favor to those who love Him. The world just can’t figure that out. He will cause a younger son to get the inheritance or a discarded wife to find the best husband in the world.

He will cause the tornado to miss your house when it destroys all those around it. Why? Because He loves to make a difference through and for insignificant people.

This doesn’t make others happy. They will become suspicious, even envious or hateful toward you. Why should you get a break when they don’t? Why should you be blessed when they are not? You shouldn’t have peace and joy because they don’t.

When you are hated by the world because you belong to God and He blesses you, don’t stop following God. Don’t let your detractors keep you from going after Jesus and all He has planned for your life. If you soldier on, He will make enemies who should defeat you, to become defeated. He will take the sickness that should kill you, and kill the disease. He will take your pain-filled head and turn it into a mouth filled with praise and wisdom.

When God stands up for His children, it makes people mad. When you are obviously blessed, others get upset and jealous. These are the facts of life in a world full of death. Know it and learn to deal with it through prayer and perseverance. Your example may lead to your enemy’s salvation.

“But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.” Matthew 5:44-45