Persecuted for Righteousness Sake

Hey all... Sorry it has been a few days. My entire days, from waking till pretty late at night have been filled for the past few days. God has been good and I am enjoying the ministry roles that he has put me into.
I have been preaching the Sermon on the Mount (SM) to the high school youth group and it has been a beneficial experience, both in the sense of having the opportunity to teach/preach and in the fact that the SM has been truly shaping my heart as a Christian.
I just have some brief thoughts on Mattew 5:10-12 tonight. To be honest, they aren't all that original. It's just a matter of looking for them in the right places. In sum... I want to expound or at least suggest the correctness of Dr. Martyn Lloyd Jones view on persecution. Lloyd Jones has said with regard to these verses:

I say there is a difference between being persecuted for righteousness sake' and being persecuted for a cause. I know that the two things often become one, and many of the great martyrs and confessors were at one and the same time suffering for righteousness' sake and for a cause. But it does not follow that the two are identical.

Jesus is not here talking about being persecuted for following the cause of Christianity. What do I mean by this? Here is an example. Say I am at work (at the bank) and people there know that I am a Christian and therefore they persecute me. They work me extra hard and are especially unforgiving when I make mistakes (thankfully this isn't the case). Let's just say that all of this treatment was because I wore the label "Christian." This would not be what Jesus was talking about. This would not classify as being persecuted for righteousness sake. There are a great many Christians who are "persecuted"--or more accurately, mistreated--for this reason. But this is not being persecuted for righteousness sake. Rather, to be persecuted for righteousness sake is to so completely reflect the character Christ, that you are persecuted. It is when the radiance and beauty of God is so channeled through your life that the unbelieving world cannot help but have a desire to make your miserable and snuff out your witness. It is because the Christ likeness in your heart is so penetrating the darkness of this world and the darkness of unbelieving heart that they want you removed, obliterated and silenced. This is the type of persecution that Jesus is referring too here in Matthew 5:10-12 and this is the type of persecution that will make an impact on eternity. Many today are persecuted for following Christianity but o how few are perseuted for righteousness sake.
May this be an exhortation, to continually be before our Lord in prayer, the word. May our souls come to love him in such a way that we are in fact persecuted for righteousness sake.