When you grow up with rejection, it can manifest itself in a need to isolate and withdraw or in a drive to constantly \u2018prove yourself\u2019. One man said it like this: \u2018I can still hear my father yelling, telling me I\u2019d never be any good, never amount to anything. The more he yelled, the more determined I became to prove him wrong.\u2019 Are the wrong voices speaking to you? If they are\u2014read on! <\/p>\n
The Bible says Enoch \u2018had this testimony, that he pleased God.\u2019<\/i> How? \u2018By faith.\u2019<\/i> (Hebrews\u00a011:5\u00a0NKJV) God sees you differently from how your parents or peers do. Their acceptance is often based on your performance,<\/i> whereas God\u2019s acceptance is based on your position.<\/i> <\/p>\n
Paul writes, \u2018God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us\u2026 that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.\u2019<\/i> (2\u00a0Corinthians\u00a05:21\u00a0NIV) God sees us wrapped in the righteousness of Christ; therefore, we\u2019re always acceptable. That doesn\u2019t mean you don\u2019t work hard; it means working for the right reasons. Instead of striving for God\u2019s approval, you serve Him out of gratitude. <\/p>\n
Once you know that your identity and worth aren\u2019t tied to the car you drive, the home you live in, how much you earn, or the people you mix with, it changes your motivation. Instead of being concerned about the neighbourhood you live in, you become concerned about your neighbours. Instead of focusing on how much money you make, your focus becomes financing God\u2019s Kingdom. Instead of worrying about your job title, your goal becomes performing with excellence and integrity. In other words, instead of just working hard, you\u2019re doing it for the right reasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When you grow up with rejection, it can manifest itself in a need to isolate and withdraw or in a drive to constantly \u2018prove yourself\u2019. One man said it like this: \u2018I can still hear my father yelling, telling me I\u2019d never be any good, never amount to anything. The more he yelled, the more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1812"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}