Luke 4:24-30
And he said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his own country. But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Eli’jah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land; and Eli’jah was sent to none of them but only to Zar’ephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Eli’sha; and none of them was cleansed, but only Na’aman the Syrian.” When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up and put him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw him down headlong. But passing through the midst of them he went away.

Homily:

“No prophet is acceptable in his own country.”

The message you bring with you will not be appreciated in the place you come from. They will focus on the messenger, and dismiss the message. They think they know all that you are about, because they know where you started. You did not start from a place too far from them, so they see no reason why you should arrive at a place much farther than they are. If you get bogged down by expecting an embrace of your message from those closest to you, that message will never bear fruit.

Share your message widely. Share your talent widely. Go where it grows.