The weekend is spent and perhaps you are too, even for a Monday.
Matthew 11: (TLV) 28 Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. source
Yes, even on a Monday.
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Dust Shaking
"Jesus knows how powerless rejection makes a person feel." Beth Moore. The Quest. Page 119.
So what do we do when we are rejected?
Matthew 10: (HCSB) 14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that house or town. source
How do we do that? Perhaps each of us would seek the LORD, asking Him what He meant when He spoke these words.
I have a start for me.
He said shake the dust off your feet. If you will, picture with me a prisoner of old. What does he have attached to his ankles? Chains. What do chains do? They shackle us. They impede our walk.
Could JESUS be saying pick up your feet, shake off that chain of rejection and keep on walking with ME? Could He be saying to us: Let it go. Let them off the hook. Break that chain of torment; release them from the shackle of you owe me and pray for them. Pray they come see that JESUS takes such rejection personally. Pray they receive the gracious gift of repentance and forgiveness before time escapes.
We don’t have to be shackled to unforgiveness. We can kick up some dust and shake it off! We can pray for mercy. We can hold our peace, pray and wait for the HOLY ONE to work a miracle on that house and on that town.
One Question
Mark 10. Twice Jesus asked the same question. First to James and John and then to Bartimaeus, blind Bartimaeus.
Ready for the question?
35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached him and said, “Teacher, we want you to do whatever we ask you.” 36 “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked them. source
49 Yeshua stopped and said, “Call him over.” So they call the blind man, saying, “Take heart! Get up, He’s calling you!” 50 Throwing off his cloak, he jumped up and came to Yeshua. 51 And answering him, Yeshua said, “What do you want Me to do for you?” source
So.
What would you answer Him if JESUS were to ask you the same question?
