Rejected for Kingdom Purposes

May Your kingdom come and Your will be done, in me as it is in heaven!

We can be rejected from what we think is God’s will for the purpose of coming into His will and calling .It’s not always about the title or position, but all about His kingdom and His will inside of me, in my heart, at the core of my being. He wants, calls and prepares servants, ready to go wherever, do whatever and however he chooses. Like Abraham, He calls us to abandon what we know for that which is beyond our scope of knowledge and understanding.

Hebrews chapter 11 talks about Abraham’s faith; how he “went out not knowing where he was going.” He didn’t have a big picture to look at, but he knew that God spoke to him and called him to abandon his homeland for the promise of a kingdom he could not see, one that is not made with hands, whose builder and maker is God.

God is leading me and preparing to do His will, as a faithful, humble, obedient servant.

God is not hiring.

He’s not looking for employees. He’s looking for yielded hearts, ready and willing to serve Him. And so, my fitting and appropriate response to His call to serve Him is simply to surrender daily, and keep on surrendering, humbling myself before Him, on the inside of me, my heart, mind, soul, and strength.

So often the disciples argued over who was first and the greatest. They were fighting for positions instead of seeking the Kingdom of God. But Peter, James and John weren’t any different than the rest of us. We’re all searching for significance, a greater purpose and meaning to our lives. Deep down inside we’re all like that; ambitious, ready to pounce on the next big opportunity. We’ll do whatever it takes to look good and be seen as important. But the first thing God is looking for is a willingness to love and serve Him and other people. In fact, our love for others demonstrates our love for Him and proves that we are His children, His followers.

Jesus rejects people who are busy doing what they think is His work.

Matthew 7:21-23 NLT
[21]  “Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. [22] On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’ [23] But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’

https://bible.com/bible/116/mat.7.21-23.NLT

He wants our hearts, not just our works. Works without faith is just religion. Faith without works is a dead faith. When the heart of a servant is sold out to Christ and His kingdom, nothing will stop them. Anything short of a heart fully surrendered to the kingdom of God is just lip service and religion.