He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.
John 1:10-11
Yesterday, we talked about how we can relate to Jesus in his experience of being misunderstood. We can also relate to Jesus in his experience of being rejected. Granted, the degree Jesus was misunderstood and rejected is far and away more severe than any misunderstanding or rejection we might ever experience - the experience is the same. Rejection is rejection. Misunderstanding is misunderstanding. These are the moments we can truly relate to Jesus, and we can let Jesus relate to us...
But then we read verse 12, and again we are blown away:
Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
Jesus did not react to misunderstanding and rejection the way we are apt to react to it. He received it. He received us! The rejectors! He invites US into His Family!
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