READ: Exodus 7:1-7
“And I WILL HARDEN PHARAOH’S HEART, AND MULTIPLY MY SIGNS AND MY WONDERS in the land of Egypt.” – Exodus 7:3
Rejection represents a closed door. Once you are rejected, you cannot go forward. You cannot preach to those who do not want you. You cannot speak to those who don’t like you. You cannot travel to places where your message is not welcome. You cannot have meetings with those who don’t like your style.
I once wanted to borrow money from a bank to build a church. Thankfully, the banks refused to give me any help. When I was rejected by the banks, I was forced to learn how to live without loans and debts. That was a divine form of guidance for me into a life of debt-free prosperity.
Consider your rejection as a divinely shut door. God sent Moses to Pharaoh. Pharaoh’s heart was hardened. It is the hardening of Pharaoh’s heart and the rejection of Moses that led to the mighty miracle ministry of Moses. But those signs and wonders would not have been possible if Pharaoh’s heart had not been hardened by God. Even as God was sending Moses to Pharaoh, He told him that He would harden Pharaoh’s heart. In others words, God wanted Pharaoh to say ‘NO’ to Moses.
Jesus could not do miracles in Nazareth. In Galilee he did many mighty miracles whereas in Nazareth, they attempted to throw him off a cliff. They just couldn’t accept that a well-known carpenter had turned into a man of God. Jesus Christ, accepting the rejection from Nazareth, moved quickly to Galilee where he was well accepted.
Indeed, rejection is a form of spiritual guidance! Do not be sad that you have been rejected by the world. In the midst of your rejection, you start gravitating towards God’s divine appointment for you. Learn to recognize what God is guiding you into, (or away from) by the experiences of rejection you have.