Totally Dismissed

Have you ever felt totally dismissed?

Maybe you were ignored, treated as an inconsequential member of the public by some big politician, or worse treated like a lowly servant... to be seen but never to be heard?

The people of Jesus’ hometown were dismissive of him when he came to minister in their midst. (Mark 6) Jesus had shown himself as a great prophet and healer in Capernaum, only twenty miles from Nazareth, but in his own hometown he was nothing but a carpenter's son, a lowly servant to be dismissed.

But it is through Christ's humiliation, it is through his weakness that God chooses to reveal his redemption and salvation to the world. Remarkable.

And what is equally remarkable is that God chooses to use us as the heralds of this good news of redemption to the world, the weakest of messengers. He calls us as well to rest in our weakness for the Kingdom of God. He says "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."

Are you content with being weak, or even being dismissed in your life for the Kingdom of God?