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Monday, November 12, 2007
Rejected!
Jesus came near Jerusalem. He saw the city and began to cry
for it. Jesus spoke to Jerusalem. He said, "I wish you knew
today what would bring you peace! But you can't know it,
because it is hidden from you. A time is coming when your
enemies will build a wall around you. Your enemies will hold
you on all sides. They will destroy you and all your people.
Not one stone of your buildings will stay on top of another.
All this will happen because you did not know the time when
God came to save you."
-- Luke 19:41-44 (ERV)
KEY THOUGHT:
So often, we assume that if an opportunity is presented to us, then we
will have many other chances to respond to the same opportunity.
However, experience eventually teaches most of us what God had tried to
get us to see much earlier: opportunities are offered and then pass by
us never to be offered quite the same way again. Jerusalem stood on the
brink of history. Accepting Jesus as the way to peace offered great
opportunity. Rejecting Jesus as the way of peace led to the destruction
that would follow. Unfortunately this same rejection plays itself out
repeatedly on a much smaller scale in the lives of so many people. They
reject the way of the Lord in their youth, or in a time of rebellion,
and think that he will be there for them to follow whenever and however
they may choose. While they may eventually come to the Lord, they will
waste much time, and they will also forfeit much peace as the
consequences of their rebellion and procrastination bring them
heartache after heartache. In addition, some can have their hearts
become so hardened that they never wish to return to the Lord. Let's
live and act with great urgency in the lives of those we love and ask
God to help us reach them for Jesus so their lives and their eternities
will not be squandered on what is not peace!
TODAY'S PRAYER:
Father, give me wisdom and "urgent patience" to know how best to share
Jesus with those I love who do not know him as their Lord. I do not
want to rush them in ways that close their hearts to him. At the same
time, dear Father, I don't want to be lackadaisical in my approach to
them either. Help me be a peace-bringer as I seek to share the Lord. In
Jesus' name I ask it. Amen.
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