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For it is Me they are rejecting

Ho! How painful a statement this is from God. All of His pains and hurts are ebbing at this juncture of time. When Israel goes to Samuel to get them a king, though Samuel was displeased, it was God's heart that they have hurt. "They don't want me to be their king anylonger. Eversince I brought them out of Egypt they have continually abandoned me and followed other gods."
Everytime we give something else or someone else our priority, skipping our personal time with Him, or not relating to Him as our friend, not asking Him counsel - it hurts God, because we are rejecting Him.
I have faced the burden of being rejected by people. I know how much it hurts. How much more when it comes from people whom we dearly love, that's when we realize that they don't love us as we do!
That is in no comparison as to the pain of God Himself. No one has loved you as He did, even gave away all the privilieges in heaven and died for redeeming you. If He gets rejected again and again and again, how painful it might be.
The same aching heart we see in Isaiah. Where God compared Himself to a person who took care of His vineyard, but the grapes were bitter.
He cries out aloud in Isa:5:3-4
Now you people of Jerusalem and Judah
You judge between me and my vineyard
What more could I have done for my vineyard
That I have not already done?
When I expected sweet grapes
Why did my vineyard give me bitter grapes?
When this God invites you to resist against the evil one, why did you fall repeatedly?
When He asks you to grow until the head that is Christ, why do you keep refuting Him and keep reflecting your old master?
Why are you envious? Why are you jealous? Why are you proud?
Why do you want to keep seeking the things of the world and keep rejecting the Lord?
When He invites you to love everyone, even your enemies, why do you hate even your brother?
Why are you ashamed or scared to talk about your Saviour and Father?

Oh what more could have been done?

We are lazy, content in our comfort zones
We want to keep our area safe
We are so self obsessed with ourselves
It's high time, we rather pay heed to God's heart and look at things from His perspective.
When King David understood that aching heart of his God and how much he has hurt Him, he decided to change his course.
How do you respond?
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