“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.” Zechariah 13:7;
Mark 14:27
Jesus is the one who already knows that we would run, hide, deny him,
blaspheme, place other gods before him, not love our neighbours as we
ought and so on... Yet He stays. He stayed to be beaten in our stead, He
stayed to be crucified for sins He did not commit, He stays sat at the right
hand of the father interceding for us, He stays.
Jesus stays.
He stays with you in your illness, He stays in your lack, He stays in your loss,
He stays in your doubt, He stays in your pain, He stays in your heartbreak,
He stays in your conflict, He stays in your quiet seasons, He stays with you
in the valley, He stays in the hospital, He stays by your bedside when you
don’t feel like getting up, He stays at when it feels like you have no
allegiance. He still stays.
He said to His disciples “You will fall away..., I will go ahead of you...” Mark
14:27-28.
Jesus also stays in your joy, He stays in the divine encounters, He stays in
the celebrations, He stays in the victories, He stays in the successful
interviews, He stays in the promotions, He stays when sadness turns to joys,
He stays on the mountaintop, He stays in the singing and rejoicing,
He stays with you no matter what!
Prayer
Faithful Jesus, thank you for staying when I don’t. Thank you for being
steadfast when I cannot. Thank you for never letting me define you. I pray
that you will continue to remind me that I am anchored to your love for
eternity and I am not anchored to myself or my shortcomings. I put my
hope in you in Jesus’ name. Amen.
