INNER HEALING SCHOOL ... 4 VITAL KEYS TO RISE ABOVE REJECTION ...

Before they emerge as giants in their generation, men and women in the Bible experienced many things in common among which is “REJECTION”.

Abraham was rejected. Isaac was rejected. Jacob was rejected. Joseph was rejected. Moses was rejected. Christ was rejected. Paul and all the other apostles were rejected. 

WHAT IS REJECTION?

Rejection is:

§  The act of refusing to accept, use, or believe someone or something:

§  The refusal to show someone the love or kindness that they need or expect (e.g. Fear of rejection prevents many people from forming close relationships.)

§  The feeling of being unloved, or unwanted.

§  The refusal to accept someone for a job or course of study

FORMS OF REJECTION

In the Bible, there are 4 Forms of rejection:

1^st form/ Not being accepted or received or welcomed

Jesus experienced this form of rejection when he came in the world. This is what we read in

2^nd form/ Being ignored, unnoticed ...Standing at the door, knocking and no one to open the door

3^rd form/ Being chased away

4^th form/ Being sold (betrayed …)

WHAT HAPPEN WHEN ONE IS REJECTED?

One thing to know about rejection is that it hurts badly and it can hurt deadly. When it occurs, there are many voices speaking in you. Emotions are mixed up. Your Focus is down. There is anger. There is disappointment.  There is confusion. Your thoughts are unsettled. Yes. You feel abused. And surely there is a feeling also of revenge, of doing something that will cause those who reject you feel what you are feeling now. There is also a feeling of powerlessness. You cannot control what is happening. You want to take action but you are thinking "which action should I take?" Maybe taking action that will harm me. No. What should I do?

Maybe running away can be the solution. Not running away. Let me move out. It can help me to breathe a little bit. But if I move out do I solve anything? I'm not sure. Actually I don't know what to do.

That’s what actually happens when rejection happens. It leaves you powerless, confused, drained, exhausted, disappointed, abused, …

HOW TO DEAL WITH REJECTION?

1^st key: DON’T EXPECT OTHERS TO APPRECIATE WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU HAVE IF YOU DON’T DO IT YOURSELF FIRST.

Though it hurts, give yourself time to remember that you have been created by God to be a living and walking wonder. But not everybody will see and appreciate the wonder you are until you see it and appreciate it first.

Psalms 71:7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou [art] my strong refuge.

Psalms 139:14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.

2^nd key: IT IS NOT STRANGE TO BE REJECTED OR TO BE IGNORED BY OTHERS. WHAT IS STRANGE IS WHEN YOU ARE IGNORANT OF YOUR WORTH.

One thing always happens to everyone who is a wonder: rejection. It means in other words that if you really are a wonder, don't expect everybody to accept and appreciate it. 

Like it or not, you will be rejected, not accepted and not appreciated by some. Does it mean that you are no longer a wonder? No. Why ? Because when God says so, people's opinion is irrelevant.

In Isaiah 9:6, Jesus is called "Wonderful...". 

In John 1:11, the Wonderful is rejected as it is written, "He came unto his own, and his own received him not." But the Wonderful is still wonderful because in John 1:12, he gives to those who receive him power to become the sons of God.

3^rd key: REJECTION IS NOT ORDAINED TO STOP LIFE BUT TO LEAD TO HIGHER LEVELS IN LIFE

Rejection happens for a purpose. In the plan of God, rejection is always the gateway to promotion.

In Psalm 118:22, the builders rejected the stone but God turned the rejected stone into the head stone of the corner.

The sons of Jacob rejected Joseph but God turned the rejected Joseph as the life preserver of those who rejected him.

The Israelites rejected Moses but God turned the rejected Moses as the chied deliverer of those who rejected him.

What does it mean? It means that life never stops when you are rejected. The same way you cannot reach the top of the mountain without passing through the valley, the same way rejection is the valley you will have to go through before you reach the top.

4^th key: CHANGE THE WAY YOU SEE REJECTION AND REJECTION WILL CHANGE YOU TO A BETTER YOU

Rejection can kill or fulfill your destiny, stagnates or advances your life depending on how you consider it.

If rejection is considered as a stumbling block, the devil will use it to hurt you, to keep you bitter and to kill your destiny. If it is considered as a stepping stone, God will use it to heal you, to make you better and to fulfill your destiny on the earth.

What does it mean? It means that if you feel bitter or angry against those who reject you, you are allowing the devil to use it to kill your destiny. But if you forgive, you let go and you love those who reject you, you are allowing God to cause you to become what his mouth has ordained you to become.

After being rejected and sold by his brothers, Joseph never allowed bitterness to kill his destiny. Rather, he was healed, he forgave them and did them good.

In Genesis 50:20, he tells them, 

"But as for you, ye thought evil against me; [but] God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as [it is] this day, to save much people alive."

  

PRAYERS TO HEAL FROM THE ARROW OF REJECTION

PRAYER 1 / I PRAY THE LORD GOD WHO TURNS REJECTION INTO PROMOTION TO OPEN YOUR EYES SO THAT YOU WILL SEE HOW WONDERFUL YOU ARE IN CHRIST. IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. SO SHALL IT BE!.

Declare and pray ___________Father, open my eyes to see that I am created to be a wonder and my heart to appreciate that I am fearfully and wonderfully made.____________

PRAYER 2 / I PRAY MY FATHER WHO USES REJECTION AS THE GATEWAY TO PROMOTION TO HELP YOU TO FOCUS ON WHAT HIS MOUTH HAS ORDAINED FOR YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. SO SHALL IT BE!

Declare and pray __________Father, I am what your mouth has ordained that I am. People's opinion toward me is irrelevant and cannot change it._____________

PRAYER 3 / I PRAY MY FATHER TO HELP YOU TO SEE BEHIND REJECTION THE OPENING OF A NEW CHAPTER IN YOUR LIFE.

Declare and pray ___________Father, help me to see rejection from your perspective not as the end my life but as the beginning of a new chapter toward my destiny_________________

PRAYER 4 / I PRAY MY FATHER TO FILL YOUR SOUL WITH JOY, YOUR HEART WITH PRAISE AND YOUR MOUTH WITH THANKSGIVING. MAY MY FATHER HEAL YOU AND UPROOT BITTERNESS, RESSENTMENT AND ANGER FROM YOUR HEART IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. SO SHALL IT BE!

Father, I am thankful and grateful to you for allowing ------------ (mention his or her or their names) to reject me. I come before you and confess that I feel bitter and resentful toward ------------ (mention his or her or their names). But today, I pray that by the power of your Holy Spirit you heal me and help me to forgive them and to love them in the Name of Jesus Christ!

 SO SHALL IT BE!

JESUS ​​IS LORD!

Pastor TD KASUKU KK

The Word Of Life Int'l Church

NAIROBI / KENYA