Rejection: January 12, 2011

TODAYS WORD FOR WEDNESDAY JANUARY 12, 2010

REJECTION

DEFINITION:

To refuse to accept or admit; something or someone that is rejected as unwanted or imperfect.

SCRIPTURE:

“He came unto His own and His own did not receive Him.” John 1:11

“My God, My God, Why have you forsaken me?” Psalm 22:1 and Mark 15:34

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

Feeling rejected is a terrible feeling. Several times our children have come home from school, a sporting event or from some other occasion with a long sad face that says rejection all over it. It is at times like this that a child needs love, the only kind of love that a parent can give. A child needs to be reminded that God loves them and He never will reject them.

It is one thing to be rejected by friends and associates, but quite different to be rejected by family. Any type of rejection hurts. Unfortunately, some rejection is brought on by one’s own actions. For others it may be because of their beliefs and the standards they set to honor their belief. When a family rejects one of their own it is usually based on a major conflict between right and wrong.

These verses from Gods Word let’s us know a little about the rejection Jesus faced while he was on this earth. He truly knew the meaning of rejection. First, even his own people, the scripture says, rejected Him. Secondly it was the rejection and abandonment of His Father that He knew He must experience when He took our sins upon Himself that brought Him to His knees in the garden of Gethsemane beseeching His Father to take that cup from Him. It is because Jesus went through that suffering of rejection by His Father that we do not have to endure the rejection of our heavenly Father for our sins.

“Why does nobody care?” was the question that rings so clear in my mind from a young girl living in a home that our organization sponsored for children with cancer in Honduras. There was no medicine or equipment in the whole country to help cancer victims. This young girl and her mother sitting by her side felt so rejected. They did not think anyone cared even though we were trying to assure them that help was on the way.

Our organization did respond. Soon there was medicine and even state of the art equipment to help assist children put their cancer into remission, the first such equipment in the whole country of Honduras. The equipment and medicine did not arrive in time to save this young girls life but thousands of children since have been helped because this one girl moved us to action. Her feeling of rejection helped many other children in her country get the help they needed

All of us have days and times that we feel rejected. It may be because of a spouse, a parent, a child or a friend. When these moments of rejection come our way we must look to the Lord for special strength that only He can give. When we are feeling down cast, the only way to look is up. God understands how you feel because He knew rejection. We must learn to be positive in those moments of feeling unwanted. You must remember that at the lowest times of your life when you feel rejected know that God loves you and there is nothing more important.

LEARNING:

Our memory verse for this week is found in Psalms 27:1

The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life of whom shall I be afraid?

PRAYER:

Dear Lord, help me today to understand the rejection You felt when your own rejected You and the rejection You felt on that cross paying the debt for my sins. Help me to look beyond the low moments I may face today to the glory that shall be mine when I am with You in heaven and receive my crown of life. Bless my family today and make them a blessing to those they meet who need an encouraging word. And Lord, give me a new excitement and desire to serve You.