“The Rejected Servant”

 “The Rejected Servant”

 

But I said, “I have labored to no purpose; I have spent My Strength in vain and for nothing.  Yet what is due Me is in the LORD’S hand, and My Reward is with My God.  Isaiah 49:4

 

The REJECTED SERVANT in these verses is the LORD JESUS CHRIST, the Son of the LIVING GOD. In verse one, Jesus says that before He was born the LORD called Him; from His birth and He has made mention of His Name. It was His mission to RESTORE the nation of Israel to God, and with God as His STRENGTH, He would also be a LIGHT to the GENTILES. (Non-Jews) NOTE: Jesus, the Rejected Servant, is called Israel, because He fulfills what the Nation of Israel SHOULD have done. In His PERSON and WORK He exemplifies what the Nation of Israel SHOULD be doing. 

In verse four, the Rejected Servant laments over the REJECTION He is experiencing, which not only, comes from the Gentiles, but also from His OWN people. Have YOU ever felt the impact of being REJECTED? Rejection brings HEARTACHE and SORROW to the one that is REJECTED.

Notice that Jesus says: “I have LABORED to NO purpose.  I have spent My STRENGTH in vain, and for NOTHING.  These are PUNGENT SYMPTOMS of REJECTION.  And I believe that Jesus, KNOWING what the OUTCOME of those who REJECTED HIM would be, felt the BITTER STING of REJECTION so MUCH that it HURT HIS HEART.

Yet, even with that REJECTION, He could, with CONFIDENCE, say that He had done His Father’s will. And not only was JESUS the MESSIAH of the JEWISH NATION, but God made Him a LIGHT for the Gentiles and to BRING SALVATION to the ENDS of the EARTH.  Without JESUS CHRIST, there would be NO SALVATION.  And if YOU have NOT given YOUR HEART and LIFE to CHRIST, you are GUILTY of REJECTING God’s Gift of SALVATION and will have to SPEND your ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS and NO way to ESCAPE, once YOU are there.

In order to escape that DESTINY, you MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, who SHED His BLOOD to COVER your SINS.  You MUST BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that JESUS DIED for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God. You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS. You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART. You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and STOP REJECTING your ONLY WAY to spend your ETERNITY in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can. He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  DON’T BE LEFT BEHIND!!!