Accepted?

Why is it that we can get a thousand compliments, but one negative comment out weighs them all? Even Madonna once said in an interview that if she was performing and saw one person not enjoying the show among the thousands that were, she would remember that one person over anything else that show.

We are beings of acceptance. We want to be accepted by our family, friends, co-workers, and overall society. We fear reject. Isn't that what hold us back on so many things? There is typically a downward spiral that come with the fear of reject. It starts with fear, which leads to an anger, which leads into hate, then a depression, and in some cases to suicide. If you look at Bible, isn't that what happened to King Saul?

Why do we desire to be accepted by man more than God?! The Bible even say, " if I was trying to please man, I would not be a follower of Christ". (Gal 1:10) God's the lover of our souls. He knows the number of every hair on our heads. And we need to arm ourselves with the thought 'so what if I'm too tall, too short, too round, too skinny! God's the lover of my soul!'

I heard a question once a few years ago, " if you knew you couldn't fail, what would you attempt today?" Doesn't just the thought of that give you a sense of freedom? It does me. Well guess what? There is a statement that reflects that question that we should hold on to more tightly that that question. The statement is "I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me".

So, I urge you to stop listening to your fear of rejection, and share your faith. We are more than conquerors through Him who loves us! And if you don't know Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, you need to seek His acceptance, not this dying world's acceptance. You need to repent and put your trust in Him alone. God's wrath abides upon you. But Jesus paid your fine in His life's blood. Turn from sin and trust in Jesus. And the moment you do that, God will grant you everlasting life.