God Still Wants You.

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Luke 23:34 (NIV)

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

This hits hard and it hits differently too. How do you show love for someone who has hurt you? How do you not repay evil for evil? The Bible clearly stated that if our enemy requires anything we should give it because that way we are heaping coals of fire on them because we have been nothing but good to them. God wants us to even go the extra miles to help those who persecute us and if it was impossible, then Jesus wouldn't model it in the flesh.

How do you explain someone that was wrongfully accused and sentenced to die on the cross after being ridiculed, shamed, spotted on, cursed and degraded but He took no offence because He saw them in the bigger scheme of things - to fulfil God's purpose. The truth is all those who have hurt you and those who would still hurt you are simply fulfilling God's purpose for your life, so don't hate them. Seeing it in this light would make it easy for you to overlook the hurt and see how God would swing this for your good.

The story of the woman that was caught in adultery came to mind. Everyone wanted to stone her but Jesus stepped in. As you have people hurt you, don't forget you have also hurt others and would probably still hurt more, deliberate or not but it won't still change how God would see you but you have to change how you see yourself when people hurt you and how you see others. Jesus asked for them to be forgiven even though they ridiculed Him. He knew better.

If Judas didn't take his life and shed his own blood, the blood of Jesus would have wiped away his sins too because Jesus knew he was to serve a greater purpose which will bring about redemption for us all. Jesus knew it wasn't 'Judas' as a man who betrayed Him but Satan entered him and used him even though God already ordained that. The same thing almost happened to Peter when Jesus told him this:

Luke 22:31 & 32 (NIV)

“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat.
But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

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The truth is, Jesus knew that Satan had entered Judas just as He could tell when He rebuked Peter as he rejected it when Jesus said He would be crucified. He could tell the difference because this was the same Peter that said Jesus is the Son of God to which Jesus attested to the truth that flesh and blood didn't reveal it to Peter but God's Spirit. Judas couldn't get rid of his shame so he got rid of his own life.

The same applies to us as humans. We can't get rid of our shame and most people are tired of life. This is for you if you are feeling ashamed, depressed, downcast and exhausted about your life. Judas didn't have to hang himself so you don't have to blow your brains out or try to take your life out.

The truth is, Jesus died for your kind of a shame - for what you did to yourself, your family or even your body and your future. You can come to Jesus because He still wants you. God still wants you and that is why Jesus bled and died once and for all, for everyone that would come to God in the name of Jesus. There is nothing too irredeemable for God. He made you, He can fix you.

God still wants you and the blood of Jesus is stronger, better, effective and also purifying than the blood of Judas. God is calling for you. God still wants you. You are not too far from the reach of Grace. Go to God. He is ever ready and always waiting for you. God still wants you even if you think you are unworthy. Let His Grace and mercy speak for you. You don't have to end that way. God still wants you...

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Thank you for your time.

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My pen doesn't bleed, it speaks, with speed and ease.

Still me,

My tongue is like the pen of a ready writer.

Olawalium; (Love's chemical content, in human form). Take a dose today: doctor's order.