REJECTION
To reject is to discard something or someone as unwanted or defective. When a person is rejected, great pain is often the result. A fiancé is rejected when the engagement is broken; a student is rejected by his or her peer group; a child is rejected by a parent-in each case the consequences are devastating.
HOW CAN I RECOVER FROM REJECTION IN MY LIFE?
Isaiah 53:1-12 . . . He was despised and rejected . . . We turned our backs on him.
As the prophet looks forward to the Messiah, who would be despised and rejected by others, we know we have a Savior who understands.
1 Peter 5:7 . . . Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about what happens to you.
Don’t try to deal with rejection by yourself. Bring your concerns to God.
John 14:15-26 . . . When the Father sends the Counselor as my representative-and by the Counselor I mean the Holy Spirit-he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I myself have told you.
Invite the Holy Spirit into your life. Jesus promised the Holy Spirit would stay with us forever.
Romans 8:38 . . . I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love.
Remember that, though others may reject us, nothing can separate us from God’s love!
WILL GOD EVER REJECT ME?
John 4:1-26 . . . Jesus replied, “If you only knew the gift God has for you and who I am, you would ask me, and I would give you living water!”
Jesus did not reject the sinful Samaritan woman, but rather offered her living water.
John 8:1-11 . . . “Didn’t even one of them condemn you?” “No, Lord,” she said. And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more.”
God rejects the sin without rejecting the sinner.
John 6:37 . . . Those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them.
The Lord accepts all who come to him in faith.