Not all people will like us, and that is a fact that we must accept. There is always that 5% of the crowd who will dislike us. They are those whom we have to live with. Yet the joy of being accepted transcends the disapproval of the 5%. It goes beyond the tyranny of the minority. What we get from the Scriptures is the great encouragement from the Apostle Paul. In Romans 8:31-39 (NIV), Paul states:
31"What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written:
“For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
What we must remember is that we are not here on earth to gain the approval of men. We are here as pilgrims. Our acceptance is anchored on who we are in Christ and that is all that matters. In a world corrupt and sinful as it is, we cannot expect to live in justice, although we strive for it. THERE IS NO EUTOPIA ON EARTH. Perfection and complete acceptance will only come when we finally get to meet our Creator.
The tyranny of the 5% will hurt us as humans but it will not do harm to our soul. Keep your courage all you saints. If God is for us, then who can be against us?
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