“Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,
and how I bear in my heart the insults of all the many nations,
with which your enemies mock, O Lord,
with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.”
– Psalm 89:50-51
Following the Lord has never been easy or popular. If it is, then you’re likely missing something important! As followers of Jesus Christ, we should assume that the “social cost” of that will increase dramatically in the years ahead. There will be more ridicule, more opposition, and more cancellation of those who hold to the historic truths of the Christian faith.
Christian, pray for God to prepare your heart for rejection by family and friends, to thicken your skin, and to strengthen your faith! Now is the time for you as a follower of Christ to truly understand who you are:
- A new creation in Christ – who you once were is gone!
- A beloved child of God – regardless of how others treat you
- Rooted and defined by Christ – not popular approval, labels, or categories
- A citizen of heaven first and foremost
- An ambassador of Christ – representing Him to a foreign and hostile world
- The recipient of an eternal inheritance in heaven that can’t ever be taken away
Remember that God is with you, you are in Christ, and the Holy Spirit is sealing, strengthening, and transforming you!