He ALWAYS Remembers Your Name
But they will always mistreat you
Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
When we are slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now.
When we are slandered incessantly, we always answer gently, ready to reconcile. Even now, in the world’s opinion, we are nothing but filth and the lowest scum.
You are not the offscouring of the world, but from now until you walk with Jesus in the Heavens, you will be treated like you are.
You are not the names people slander you with. You are not what people accuse you of being. They may call you a “bigot” or homophobic or transphobic or racist or misogynist. The world will invent whole new words to call you.
And yet, you are not those things.
10 Our dedication to Christ makes us look like fools, but you claim to be so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are so powerful! You are honored, but we are ridiculed. 11 Even now we go hungry and thirsty, and we don’t have enough clothes to keep warm. We are often beaten and have no home. 12 We work wearily with our own hands to earn our living. We bless those who curse us. We are patient with those who abuse us. 13 We appeal gently when evil things are said about us. Yet we are treated like the world’s garbage, like everybody’s trash—right up to the present moment.
They will mock you. They will insult you. They will persecute you. They will take your words out of context, twisting them until its the exact opposite of what you’ve said. You’ll even sometimes be martyred. And after they’ve killed you, they will laugh about it.
18 “If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first. 19 The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you. 20 Do you remember what I told you? ‘A slave is not greater than the master.’ Since they persecuted me, naturally they will persecute you. And if they had listened to me, they would listen to you. 21 They will do all this to you because of me, for they have rejected the one who sent me.
When you are unjustly murdered from a bullet in your throat, leaving your young children and a widow, they will then mock your widow. They will make money off of sensationalizing your death. They will claim your own people were involved in your brutal martyrdom. They will show your old messages out of context to try and create a narrative about you that you never publicly agreed with. They will lie about you. Oh how they love to lie about you.
Yet you are not who they claim you to be.
They will exclude you. They will disdain you. They will spit on you. They will even desecrate your memorials, and if they found it, they would spit on your grave.
You aren’t what people call you. You aren’t what people make up about you. You will be punished, yet no one can condemn you (Romans 8:1). You will suffer at the hands of those of the world. Even other so-called “Christians” will mock you and disdain you.
From now until you die, no one will treat you like Jesus has. They will never love you enough. They will never encourage you enough. They will never be there when you need them. They will never support you in your worst moments. They will never care enough for you.
You are looking for something that can only be fulfilled by Jesus of Nazareth, The Anointed One.
2 My servant grew up in the Lord’s presence like a tender green shoot,
like a root in dry ground.
There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance,
nothing to attract us to him.
3 He was despised and rejected—
a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief.
We turned our backs on him and looked the other way.
He was despised, and we did not care.4 Yet it was our weaknesses he carried;
it was our sorrows that weighed him down.
And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God,
a punishment for his own sins!
5 But he was pierced for our rebellion,
crushed for our sins.
He was beaten so we could be whole.
He was whipped so we could be healed.
6 All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.
We have left God’s paths to follow our own.
Yet the Lord laid on him
the sins of us all.
If you’ve found yourself alone at the worst times in your life and wondered why no one is there, it’s because the one who was there was Jesus. He wept with you. He walked with you. He comforted you when no one called. He kept you burning when your smoldering wick was about to go out. He held you up when your bruised reed was about to break. He gave you strategies that allowed you to overcome. He stayed with you even walking you into death if it called your name. And for those who were left behind, he walks you through the grief that no one could comprehend.
He has never left you, and He will never forsake you.
The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”
In His eyes, you are the most valuable thing on this planet. He died for you. He purchased you with His blood. He made an eternal exchange. You died in Him. You were raised to life in Him. Together, you ascended in Him. And you are now seated in heavenly places with Him.
6 For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.
He’s never left you. He’s never forgotten you. He doesn’t forget your birthday. He never misses a message. He has never ghosted you. He has never failed to confront you. He doesn’t avoid you. He created you for His pleasure.
You were purchased by the blood of The Word of God made flesh. The Ancient of Days, The Father of Spirits knows your name. His Living Spirit made you ALIVE again and burns in your forevermore.
So when you are slandered, spit on, forgotten, mocked, persecuted, and even martyred, remember who you belong to. The One Who Always Remembers Your Name, your Father, The Potter, and you are the clay. He formed you in the womb of your mother and breathed life into you. Every hair on your head He knows by name.
“Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.
You’ve been mistreated, and you will be mistreated.
You’ve been lonely, and you will be lonely.
You’ve suffered greatly, and you will suffer again.
You’ve been mocked, and you will be mocked again.
You’ve been forgotten, and you will be forgotten again.
You’ve been slandered, and you will be slandered again.
But the only being who matters, Yeshua, the Only Begotten of the Father, Emmanuel (God with us), The Light of the World, Your Heavenly Father, Yahweh, El Elyon, Jehovah, The Holy Spirit is always with you, and He always remembers your name.
14 If you are insulted because you bear the name of Christ, you will be blessed, for the glorious Spirit of God rests upon you.15 If you suffer, however, it must not be for murder, stealing, making trouble, or prying into other people’s affairs. 16 But it is no shame to suffer for being a Christian. Praise God for the privilege of being called by his name!
A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;