I've seen teenage girls compromise their morality in order to find acceptance. I've watched boys succumb to the habits that can destroy their bodies because of the fear of rejection. I've seen marriages destroyed because of this deep seeded fear of rejection. The fear of rejection has the ability to cripple a Christian spiritually.

I've only found one cure for the fear of rejection. It is to know in the deepest part of your being that you are truly accepted. There is only one way that any of us can know that deep sense of acceptance. It is only through the cross of Christ that we can have our assurance of acceptance. Jesus died on the cross to forgive us and to make us one hundred percent acceptable to God. If you are accepted by God then mark it down - you are completely accepted.

That's why the songwriter wrote, “Blessed assurance. Jesus is mine, Oh what a foretaste of glory divine.” Yes, it is truly glorious to know you have been accepted by the One who created you.

G. Campbell Morgan was one of the great preachers of all times. Early in his ministry, he preached in view of a call to pastor a church and was rejected by the church. His father immediately sent a message to him saying, “Rejected on earth, but accepted in heaven.” Morgan continued preaching, and was mightily used of God. The fear of rejection no longer crippled him. It only chased him to the cross there he found his true source of acceptance. It was an acceptance that was not based on performance but on grace. That grace gave him the ability to stand courageously and proclaim the Word of God.

God has a plan for your life. I hope that you'll not allow the thief of rejection to steal the courage that God has placed in your heart. Let me encourage you to reject rejection. Faith in Christ is the basis of our acceptance. Our lives are acceptable based on what Jesus did on the cross. Trust in Christ and watch courage begin to flow in your heart.