Betrayed but Faithful - Day 67 Month 3-8 Week 10-4

Today's Reading (Bible in 1 year)


Leviticus 6 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=leviticus%206&version=NASB1995

Psalm 55 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2055&version=NASB1995

Isaiah 49:1-13 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2049%3A1-13&version=NASB1995

Mark 12:1-12 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%2012%3A1-12&version=NASB1995


Betrayed but Faithful


Psalm 55 is a Psalm written by David, when someone who was close is betraying him.  It’s raw, and it’s emotional.  As David puts it, “for it is not an enemy who reproaches me, then I could bear it”  David eventually turns to the LORD and says “As for me, I shall call upon God, and the LORD will save me.”  He says he will continue to pray 3 times daily.  He says “But you, Oh God, will bring them down to the pit of destruction.”  David, though in despair, knows that God will look after him and he stays faithful.  


David shows us in his writing how God can take your raw emotion and as much as you may be angry or sad, you can go to the LORD and He will listen.  David is authentic.  He truly does love God and will live with the results of how God will answer his circumstances.


In those times when I’ve been wronged, and it’s happened, dramatically to me,  once by someone close.  Much like how David described, though it cut deeply, I was able to take it to God, just as David did.  Though the wrong was never righted, and I suspect the one who wronged me did not see it as wrong, I’ve been able to forgive and continue a relationship with the person.  


In Mark 12:1-12 we read a story of a landowner who prepared his vineyard and rented it to wine growers.   When he sent his servants to get payment at the harvest time, they beat some, killed some and then eventually killed his son.  


Of course, we understand that the landowner is God, the vine-growers who rented the land are the Israelites, led by the religious leaders.  The servants were the prophets and the son was Jesus.  Unlike David from above, the religious leaders in the Mark reading were not authentic in their love for God, ignored what the prophets said and ended up killing Jesus.


Isaiah 49 tells us about the coming of Jesus how Jesus will speak as a “sharp sword (Isaiah 49:2)” cutting through the religion of the day and opening up salvation to the ends of the world as “a light to the nations (Isaiah 49:6)”.


In Mark 12:10 Jesus describes himself as “the stone which the builders rejected, this became the chief cornerstone."  Jesus did come as a “sharp sword”,  cut through the religion and showed Himself as a “light to the nations.”


I know my reward is waiting for me at the end of my life on this earth, I know “the stone” that the builder rejected.  His name is Jesus.  The wrong that I experienced is financial and life would be easier for us if it had not happened but relationship is more important than money.  Not all wrongs can be recovered from, and sometimes, for the good of all, the relationship must be walked away from.  When relationship recovery does happen though, our lives are very effective when we can represent “the stone” to those who have hurt us.


Have a great day!

Steve

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