“Fear Not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 NKJV
Many people have been hurt by rejection. If you have ever experienced rejection, you can probably relate to that downward spiraling effect that rejection gives you. It has a progressively negative effect; at first it affects your opinion of yourself, your emotional well-being, and if not dealt with rejection will continue to affect interpersonal relationships through-out your life.
Rejection is so painful and devastating that we can all agree it is one of Satan’s most successful tactics that he uses to separate and destroy homes, families, and relationships. Once you are healed from rejection, you can breathe freely without the fear of rejection taking you down into that black hole of despair.
Rise up! Receive your healing through the Truth of God’s unchangeable, unexplainable, and unconditional love and acceptance.
Have you ever felt the pain of rejection? Most people have.
Jesus also experienced rejection from His own people.
“He came to His own people and his own received him not.” John 1:11
He felt the pain of rejection from every relationship.
“Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” Luke 23:34
On the cross, He cried…
“Father, why have you forsaken me?” Matthew 27:46
He felt all of our pain at that moment. However, His last words were “It is finished.” John 19:30
Our acceptance was completely paid for by Jesus on the cross. After suffering on our behalf, Jesus was taken up by Father God and seated at His right hand in the heavenly places. If Christ is in you, then you have been accepted by God as one of His children. You too are seated in the heavenly places.
“And he raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” Ephesians 2:6
“To the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.”Ephesians 1:6
In Christ, you are no longer forsaken, no longer rejected; you are fully accepted in Him!
“He heals the brokenhearted and bindeth up their wounds.” Psalms 147:3
God has made full provision for healing the pain of past so you can trust again.
Have you ever trusted someone to love you that did not know how to love? Or have you ever loved someone that did not know how to receive your love?
In both cases you will experience rejection. This type of rejection is very painful especially when it comes from someone whom you really trust. The pain from being hurt by someone you trust is much greater than being hurt by a casual friend. It takes years to build trust, but it only takes a moment of rejection to tear down trust. This is because when you trust someone, you open your heart up to them. When they reject you, the natural tendency is to close your heart to them in order to avoid being hurt again. The pain that comes from rejection creates a big wound that must be healed in order to be able to trust that person again.
Jesus made complete provision for our physical and emotional healing. But many people are stuck, “locked in time” desperately needing to be set free from the pain of the past. One way many people try to get rid of pain is to just forget what happened and forget about the person who hurt them. You can tear that person out of your address book and for a while you will be able to forget what happened but if healing did not occur the pain is still there.
The pain that lingers from the past keeps you tied to the past. Isaiah, the prophet, said in Isaiah 1:4-6 that those people who have not been healed will go backwards. Like taking one step forward and then two steps backward, you aren’t getting anywhere.
Another way many people deal with pain is to run from it or pretend it really isn’t there. Pain is like a shadow you look around and it is still there no matter how fast you run. That is why so many people are walking around with the shadow of the past still on them. Pain must be faced and dealt with in order for it to be put away. Instead of running from pain, stop, turn around and face it. Pain must be faced to be healed.
You may be one who has received some healing, but the pain still remains. Jeremiah 6:14 also says that when a person has only been healed slightly, they say peace, peace, but when there is no peace. The amount of peace you are having can be a good indicator of how much healing you have received. Once you are healed and the pain is gone you will be ale to hold your heart open again and trust. Healing produces trust in you. If the person that hurt you has proven over and over to not be trustworthy, suggest they also receive healing. Healing produces trustworthiness in them.
Many people have been hurt by rejection. If you have ever experienced rejection, you can probably relate to that downward spiraling effect that rejection gives you. It has a progressively negative effect; at first it affects your opinion of yourself, your emotional well-being, and if not dealt with rejection will continue to affect interpersonal relationships through-out your life.