I have a friend who has been on my heart for a while now. I pray for his salvation often. He is quite turned away from Christianity so I have been trying to reach him slowly this past year. After a nudge from the sermon this past Sunday I worked up the ability to invite him to church. After being instantly turned down I felt torn apart, hurt and rejected. My quiet time this morning reminded me of Christ’s leadership. As Jesus sends out his twelve disciples in Luke he says,

“Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that town. If people do not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave their town, as a testimony against them.”
Luke 9:4-5

God assured my heart, that the disciples were not responsible for how others responded to their message. Neither am I rejected or responsible if I have carefully and truthfully presented Christ, but my message is rejected. I, like the disciples, have to move on to people God desires to reach.

- Al