Have you ever been used as someone's scapegoat? Leviticus 16-18

Recently I had someone in a group I was working with tell me that one of the staff members didn't want us to further our contract because the staff member didn't trust my ability to facilitate the group. This is the first time in all the years I have been doing my leadership/followership business that this has happened. I wish I could write to tell everyone how great I handled it. I can't! I felt very much rejected, unappreciated, frustrated over the lose of income and unfairly treated. It just so happened that this staff member hadn't turned in an assignment earlier in the contract and I had pointed that out to the supervisor. It was naturally for me to be used as a scapegoat for someone who didn't want to be held accountable for their actions. But, being used as a scapegoat isn't a very comfortable position to find yourself. In Leviticus 16 we see the story of the Day of Atonement, which was a glorious day for all Israel. Aaron the priest was instructed to sacrifice one goat and place his hands on the other goat's head to symbolize he was laying the sins of all the nation onto this goat. That goat would be set free outside the city indicating that the goat was taking the sins of the people away. This, of course, is the perfect picture of what Jesus did for us. He was our scapegoat. (NOTE: The use of "goats" here is quite interesting. There are two interesting facts often presented about God's use of goats that should be noted. The first is that the goat was a very smelly animal and not necessarily well loved. The use of a goat to symbolize our sin seems only appropriate. The second aspect, however, is even more interesting. The heathen beliefs often pictured their deity in the form of a goat. Unbelievers would often sacrifice to goats. So, God gave the Israelites a goat to sacrifice to Him so that they would not sacrifice to the goat.) Christ didn't deserve the rejection, unfair treatment or unjust actions toward Him. Never-the-less He received it all and more. It is never good to be used as a scapegoat. But, that is what Jesus did for us. If we, only once and only barely, have to feel the experience of being a scapegoat it will give us a little taste of what Christ did for us. He bore our sins in His body for our salvation. I love the Old Testament for days like today. I will rejoice in His volunteering to be my scapegoat. The next time I am used as a scapegoat for others I will rejoice in suffering a little like my Savior.