Meditation 83
Reject
Rejection
Matthew 10:11–14 (NKJV) “Now
whatever city or town you enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and stay there
till you go out. And when you go into a household, greet it.
If the household is worthy, let your peace come upon it. But
if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. And
whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that
house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.
In this scripture Jesus is instructing
his disciples. Because He knew they would be accepted by some and rejected by
others he gave them specific instructions on how to deal with rejection. He
told them to, “Shake the
dust from your feet!”
We live in a world where rejection
abounds. A low score on a test, losing a job, a broken relationship, losing a
sporting event, being turned down for a date, not getting a raise in salary,
are just a few of the rejections people encounter. From birth throughout your
life you have been and will be subjected to rejection. Therefore, how to deal
rejection becomes the big question.
John 15:18–19 (NKJV) “If
the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If
you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of
the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
To handle rejection, start by
understanding that the world hates you and will reject you because you love
Christ and he loves you. Then draw
closer to Jesus and Father by continuing to obey Christ’s commandment to love
one another as he loved us. The closer
your relationship with Christ the more secure you become in his love for you
and the easier it becomes to reject rejection, or shake the dust off your feet.
To shake the dust off your feet just forgive the person or persons that are
rejecting you.
Ending Thoughts
It becomes easier to reject rejection,
when you realize it really does not matter who rejects you as long as you are
always accepted by Jesus.
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