We have all felt “the air” in a setting where our presence is not wanted, where acceptance will never be enjoyed.
He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, the world knew Him not. He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. John 1:10,11
And they were offended in Him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. Matthew 13:57
But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. Mark 6:4
“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.” Isaiah 53:3
When being led by Christ we will find ourselves often in positions of this type of uncomfortable coldness. He has trod the path before us, rest in Him, rejoice and be exceeding glad because we are partakers in His sufferings.
