YOU ARE NOT ABANDONED

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Wednesday August 17

Ezra 9:5-9

YOU ARE NOT ABANDONED

For we were slaves. Yet our God did not forsake us in our bondage.. Ezra 9:9, NKJV

At some point in life, we experience the pain of rejection, suffer the sadness of loneliness, and the shock of abandonment. We are detested because of where we come from, our physical
appearance sordid past or economic status and social standing. Whatever the reason, it is never a good experience. Yet we need not feel that we are alone. God has said He will never forsake us. Ezra says though they were slaves, God did not forsake nor abandoned them. Beloved, God cannot abandon you.

In 1888 Campbell Morgan was one of the 150 young men who sought entrance to the Wesleyan ministry. He passed the doctrinal examinations, but when he faced three ministers and 75 others who came to listen to his trial sermon he did not do well. Morgan was among the 105 rejected for the ministry that year. He wired his father one word, ‘Rejected.’ His father replied quickly: “’Rejected on earth, accepted in heaven. Dad.’” Beloved, rejection is rarely permanent as Morgan later proved. In this life, circumstances change, and there is no rejection of those accepted by Christ. Friend, whatever you are going through now, remember you are not abandoned.

• Birthday Blessing: “I will give you honour and praise when ... I restore your fortunes before your very eyes.” Zephaniah 3:20

RBT Passage: Ps. 66-69; Rom. 12

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