Have you ever been so focused on a task that you loss sight of the people around you?

Have you ever been trying so hard to keep yourself together that you don’t see that God is right in front of you wanting you to hand over to Him the ‘stuff’ you are trying to hold together?

Have you ever said the words ‘sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me,’ and wondered why the words still hurt?

Have you ever heard the phrase ‘do as I say, not as I do’ and wondered why it’s okay for others to do things but not you?

Have you ever tried really hard to ‘measure up’ but always felt that whatever you tried was never ‘enough?’

Have you ever tried really hard to not be so affected by the words people have spoken to you but still ended up feeling completely wounded?

Have you ever decided to end a relationship yourself because you were afraid that the other person will reject you once they really got to know you; even though you desperately wanted to be friends?

Our identity can seem to be wrapped up in the words spoken over us; the things that we believe about ourselves; and the wounds inflected upon us. The old rhyme ‘sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me’ is a lie. The truth is the tongue can be like a sword and can aim cruel words like deadly arrows. (Psalm 64:3)

A spirit of rejection wants us to believe the lies spoken to us so that we can be isolated and vulnerable to believe more lies about ourselves.

What lies have you believed because of the words spoken to you or over you?

Can you give those words to Jesus and accept His healing and restoration?

The Truth from God is that we are chosen, adopted, valued, wanted, accepted, and worth the blood of Jesus on the cross.

Ephesians 1:4-6 NIV

“ Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.  God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.”

1 Peter 2:9 NIV

“But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.”

We are not rejected! We are not worthless! We are not invisible! We are not unlovable!

We are accepted!! We are worth the blood of Christ, to The Father!! We are heard and seen by God!! We are lovable and much loved!!

Your identity is in Christ. It is not in rejection.