Rejection can be a painful experience, but it can also be a redirection from God. God uses rejection to get people’s attention so that they can hear his voice.
Turn to God and ask for help. Remember that Jesus endured rejection and still loved people.
In Matthew 9:9-13, we see Jesus’s concern towards people who feel rejected or lost. He teaches that he desires mercy over sacrifice, and that he came to call sinner, not the righteous. God doesn’t desire sacrifices from us to appease his wrath-he desires to be merciful to us for Jesus sake.
Psalm 38 depicts the comprehensive, life-endangering suffering of a psalmist. Overwhelmed by the wrath of God, his (the psalmist) illness and guilt and the aloofness of close relatives and life-endangering enemies, this penitent describes his anguish before God.
If we confess our sins, God will be merciful to forgive us. If we admit we’ve done wrong. God is willing to heal us.
