“If the world hates you, know that it hated me before it hated you.” John 15.18

By: Molly Howell

You are not alone.

Even in the times you are left feeling abandoned, betrayed, deceived, hurt - you are not alone. Jesus knows your struggles, Jesus knows the pain that comes with them, and Jesus knows the exact source of betrayal: the devil.

“Did I not choose you, the twelve? And yet one of you is a devil.” - John 6:70.

Jesus recognized that it was the devil in Judas that betrayed him, not the flesh and blood of Judas, but the devil at work through him. The devil used one of Jesus’ closest allies to betray him and that same devil is at work in our lives too so don’t be naive to think we won’t face the same kind of attacks.

So when those attacks are made, choose not to focus on the bad, instead focus on the good. Focus on the fact that you know the ultimate Healer - the one who is waiting for you to call out to him so that he can heal you.

Then, share that same Jesus with them. Use the situation as an opportunity to show Jesus’ love just like he did for us.

“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” -Romans 5:8