An 8-year-old girl wrote to a Christian leader, seeking advice. She wanted to know how she could get her daddy to carry her picture. She said her dad had a photo of her little brother in his wallet (the boy looked like his dad). And he carried a picture of his pretty 15-year-old daughter too. But when this 8-year-old gave him a photo of herself, he put it in a drawer. It seems that she wasn't good enough for her daddy.
The pain of rejection is all too real in our world: a child rejected by parents, a wife whose husband turns his back on her, friends turning on friends.
Joseph must have felt a stabbing pain in his heart when his brothers sold him to Midianite slave traders. The hurt must have been unbearable. Yet he was able to overcome this tragic setback. Here's how:
•He stayed in fellowship with God (Genesis 39:2).
•He did his job well (vv.4-6).
•He refused to be swayed by temptation (vv.7-12).
•When he was rejected by his boss—and unfairly so—he remained committed to God (vv.20-23).
Rejection by people will happen. But for the Christian, rejection by God will never occur. Cling to God. His love and care will carry you through. —JDB — Dave Branon
He who gave Himself to save me,
Now will keep me to the end;
In His care securely resting,
On His promise I depend. —Bosch
No one is more secure than those who are in God's hands.