If the World Hates You…
It feels good when someone likes us, someone loves us: giving praise and good compliments on us.
But, what if others hate us? Dislike us? Spreading untrue rumours about us?
We might feel pain, we might feel hurt.
But this is the time to do some introspection, looking deep inside ourselves: have we done anything wrong? Have we hurt others too? If we don’t do such things but the world still hates us, maybe we need to remember this:
Jesus reminds us that if the world hates you, remember that it hated Him first. He had the experience before. He knows exactly how it felt, after being praised so high and then being crucified. At least we take part in his suffering through the cross that we’re facing in our life.
If the world hates you while you haven’t done anything wrong: be patient, remember His sufferings, and finally the truth will come out. (-fon-)
If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.
--- John 15:18
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