REJECTION - Dag Heward-Mills

READ: Genesis 45

And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you...

Genesis 45:4

You must overcome provocation by continuing to dream in spite of the rivers of rejection. Rejection is one of the rivers you must cross. Few people will go through life without being rejected. You may be rejected in your class, rejected by your friends. Definitely , people of a different tribe, colour or nation will reject you. These are the different types of rejection you can experience. Remember that there are places that will want you or celebrate you, even though you are rejected by others. If you drown when you get to the river of rejection you have not done well. Many others have been rejected but are still pressing on.

Remember that you can never be fully accepted unless you have first been rejected.

Don’t move away. Don’t pity yourself! Don’t think, “No one loves me!” Even though you have been rejected, someone does love you and there is a place where you will find full acceptance. Maybe you were rejected because of certain deficiencies. Work on those deficiencies. Pitying yourself will get you nowhere. Whenever I am rejected I say to myself, “Even though I am rejected here I am loved somewhere else.” Like Joseph, I want to persist in having dreams and visions. I repeat, “Do not drown in the river of rejection.”

What a painful experience it is to be rejected by the person you love, cherish and almost idolize! Be like Joseph. Do not retreat because you are rejected. Rejection is simply one of the rivers you must cross in your journey.