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During our time at Lydia’s mission, my team and I had numerous opportunities to share the gospel with kids, teens, women and elderly. In my flesh, I was nervous and didn’t want to teach. And I had no idea what topic to talk about. But many of my teammates encouraged me to sign up. So I did. After signing up, I felt like God wanted me to share my broken experiences that I had as a child into my teen years. After getting this revelation, later that week I got the topic of rejection that He wanted me to share with the elderly. On our way to debrief, I felt like the Lord wanted me to share this in my blog. Because it’s something that we all struggle with, not just third world countries. The title of the message was called “A Rejected heart that needs Jesus”
I started off by asking the question of:
By raising of hand how many people have been rejected or felt rejected? Almost everyone raised their hand. Rejection is something that we all have felt and been guilty of doing. Our close family and friends have rejected us mistakenly. Maybe you feel like your kids or grandkids rejected you because they never come to visit you. Your spouse left you. Or maybe you haven’t found your significant other. It’s something that will never fade. Even after becoming a Christian, we are still going to feel rejected at times. 1 Peter 2:4 “As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him. John 15:18-19 “If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first. The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you.”Even though we get rejected by man, God chooses us.
In my life I have been rejected many times. I was rejected by my birth parents. By my adopted family and friends. Psalm 27:10 “Even if my father and mother abandon me, the Lord will hold me close.” Rejection often leads us to thinking that we are not good enough. We are not loved and it can lead to low self esteem.
Rejection is not bad because it can draw us closer to Jesus and make us more dependent on him. I came to know God after being rejected so many times. Without my rejection, I’m not sure where I would be. Maybe still in China, maybe left in the middle of nowhere. Even though I’ve been rejected many times, God has always been there to show me love. He opened up new opportunities and saved me from abandonment.
He will always be there with wide open arms when we get rejected. We can receive His love anywhere at any time at no cost to us. It’s up to us to call on him and not let it bring us down. So don’t let the enemy win by feeling rejected because that’s what the enemy wants. Instead let God win and go to Him every time you feel rejected. You can go to Him by having a conversation with Him, praying, reading the Bible, listening to worship music, sitting still and listening to God speak to you. Isaiah 41:10 “Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.” Matthew 11:28 “Then Jesus said, ‘Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.’” In times of rejection, Jesus invites us to find peace in Him, offering rest and comfort to those burdened by the weight of rejection. Psalms 94:14 “For the LORD will not reject his people; he will never forsake his inheritance.” He does not reject us because Psalm 139:13 “For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. So we can trust that God will not reject us because He created us and we are His Children. My friends and family whenever you feel rejected I encourage you to go to God and remember:
that you are good enough.
God is always with you.
He is constant.
He sees you.
He is jealous of you.
He chooses you.
He is madly in love with you.
Blessings,
Yu-Mei
