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There have been many disappointments that have discouraged me time and time again, and I've not just been blaming God for them, but I've also been feeling rejected by Him. What a lie! God never rejects us. Let me say that again, GOD NEVER REJECTS US!
Some of the reasons I believed the lie God was rejecting me was because:
He hasn't answered my prayers or he hasn't answered them in the way I want Him to;
Hardships continue to hit me one after another like bullets;
I'm suffering and I did nothing to deserve it;
The love I give out to others isn't reciprocated and/or appreciated;
I feel my efforts for good are in vain, unnoticed and/or not rewarded;
I've too often felt alone and unwanted;
Other people are living my dreams and I'm still waiting;
I don't have all that my heart desires;
Etc., etc., etc.
Can anyone relate? Why else would you and I feel rejected? That's what the enemy wants you and me to believe.
Here's the truth...God sacrificed His own Son--in fact, rejected Him!--so that you and I would never be rejected (see Mark 15:34). Why? Because He chose us to be His own so that we would never be forsaken. He loves us that much.
Therefore, though I may feel rejected and discouraged because of all my disappointments, God isn't rejecting me, He's loving me. He's loving me enough to allow things in my life to bring me to see my need for Him. He's loving me enough to allow disappointments to bring me to His appointed purpose. He's loving me, not rejecting me. And He's doing the same for you. God never leaves us nor forsakes us. Never.
"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:32 NIV).
Believing and living in truth is so freeing! I'm free to value the unfailing love of God when experiencing the failing love of man. I'm free to love deeply at the risk of rejection because even if my love is rejected by man, it is received by God. I'm free to be content with what I have even if what I have is a long list of disappointments. I'm free to fully trust God's plan even if the view from the valley looks discouraging.
Most of all, I am free to live as God says to live--the abundant life. And so are you. Let's choose today to reject the lies and begin believing and living in Truth.
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