Consider Jesus

Consider Jesus (consider = look at, examine carefully)

It's remarkable, if you really think about it, that Jesus went all the way. Can you imagine what would have happened if he hadn't? What would have happened to us? The letter to the Philippians explains how he chose not to hold on. to his equality with God and agreed to become a servant and suffer the ignominy of the cross.

Anyone with a touch of nobility might well succumb to the temptation of heroism on behalf of duly deserving and grateful people. Jesus himself faced skepticism, ridicule, and opprobrium from the very people he came to rescue. Even those who were supposed to be informed, his clergy, despised him. and treated shamefully, even accusing him of collusion with the devil.

It is true that he was also very popular and respected by everyone, even by some of his leaders, and always followed by large crowds to the point where it was sometimes difficult for him to slip away discreetly. However, many of these same people turned against him in the end and demanded his head and the release of a notorious prisoner. Some will say that at this point the die was cast and he could not do otherwise. False, as evidenced by his statement to Peter when he reproached him for leaving his sword, claiming to be able to be rescued by twelve legions of angels: but He did not do so.

He faced ignominy, reproach, hypocrisy, ignorance, unfounded accusations, persecution, and became 'persona non grata' in the eyes of foolish men; but he stayed the course. He saw beyond these things, He saw the joy that was before Him, and therefore He endured. He knew that the end would be infinitely delightful.

Because of this, God highly exalted Him and gave Him the name that is above all names. He had a choice, and you have a choice too.

• To every person afflicted by accusations, slander, betrayals, and hard blows as they try to serve God with all their might;
• To every person who strives to maintain the biblical values of purity and holiness while everyone around them mocks and ridicules them, and who ultimately wonders what the point is;
• To every singer, every servant, every volunteer who feels undervalued, despised, unappreciated, and sidelined;
• To every person who, having poured his life into others, finds himself vilified and despised;
• To all the shepherds who suffer from the ingratitude of the sheep

I say this “Consider Jesus”

• And whenever you feel like returning evil for evil,
• whenever you are tempted to tell the whole truth about your accusers and harm them in doing so,
• every time you wonder what all this is for,
• every time you think about living your life by your own rules, and forgetting about the church, and God, and those 'hypocritical' Christians
• every time you want to throw in the towel and give up on everything;

Consider Jesus. He saw beyond the natural, beyond the visible, He endured the pain of process, and consequently He changed humanity. He calls you to walk in His footsteps. Consider Jesus.