Romans 8:16-17 ” The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs-heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.”
Do I believe that I am a child of God? Do I believe that I have a Father that will never leave me nor forsake me? Do I have the confidence that I am always accepted and never rejected? Am I really co-heirs with Christ?
This has been one of the hardest lessons that I have had to learn in my walk with Christ. Am I accepted and not rejected? I look around and see so many broken families, so many men that have left their wives, so many couples that have cheated on their spouses, so much abuse, so much hurt. How do we overcome it?
I have come to the conclusion that no matter what the situation, rejection is a personal choice chosen by the person that feels rejected. You may think, ‘How can you say that? He hurt me so badly and ripped my heart apart.’ Or… ‘My parents never accepted me and I never was good enough in their eyes.’ That might be the case, but the end result is receiving rejection.
I have seen, in my personal walk, that in order for me not to receive rejection, I have to know who I am in Christ. If I know that I am a child of God, I know that my true Father in Heaven will never hurt me, will never leave me, and will always accept me. Hurts from man will never touch me. I have to be so convinced in my heart that my Father loves me.
People are not perfect and will always hurt us. Our parents raised us the best way that they knew how. Their parents raised them the best way that they knew how. When we know who we are in Christ we can overlook the faults of man. We can see past the imperfections, and then grace begins to overflow in our lives.
No matter what the rejection was- business, personal, spousal, parental, or the world. If we are receiving rejection, we are not resting in the perfect love of our Father. No one is perfect except our Father in heaven and only His love will give us the confidence we need to get past man’s imperfections.
Do you know who you are? Are you still seeing your Father in heaven through the pain of your childhood? Have you ever released your parents’ mistakes? Is your heart closed off from ever being hurt again?
I challenge you to go into your pain, embrace it and allow the love of Christ to show you who your really are in Him.
