I don’t like rejection. I have seen children cry so many times when one of their friends say “I won’t play with you anymore”.
I believe we all want to be valuable and rejection seems to say to us “you are not valuable”.
But is that really true? Rejection of your ideas or opinions does not mean that you are not valuable.
Your value is not determined by what someone or a few people say about you. Your value has so many dimensions. Some people may not want what you have to offer and others would do whatever it takes to get the same thing.
“When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up and drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.” Luke 4:28-29 ESV
Jesus was rejected many times. He was also celebrated.
“And when it was day, he departed and went into a desolate place. And the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them,” Luke 4:42 ESV
There are millions of people everywhere who are ready to follow Jesus. They need you and I to share the good news of the kingdom of God with them.
Everyone on earth needs Jesus but not everyone is aware of their need. So when they reject the good news, try not to allow it to stop you.
There is no way to find out if someone wants to do a discovery bible study with you without asking. And it’s usually not easy to ask without making some loving connection.
I don’t like rejection! I love to see people rejoice over what I offer. But to get to acceptance, I must risk rejection.