Sometimes
the word ‘no’ simply means ‘not now, but ask again’. So don’t let
rejection stop you. Only when you see failure as final, are you finally a
failure. Take a look at your past experiences. You encountered
rejection in school and on the playground. Not everybody liked you, but
you made it anyway, right? Jesus experienced more rejection than anybody
who ever lived. ‘He came unto His own, and His own received Him not.’
Did He quit? No, He went on to others, to those who discerned His value.
‘But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons
of God’ (v. 12). Someone needs what you have; it is absolutely necessary
to their success. Most great salespeople know that 14 out of 15 people
will say no. So they hurry and make their presentations to as many as
possible, in order to reach that one who will say
yes. Jesus said,
‘Whosoever shall not receive you…shake off the dust of your feet’
(Matthew 10:14 KJV). When you encounter rejection, shake it off and move
on. Sooner or later you will succeed if you don’t quit. Don’t
personalise it; because someone rejects what you have to offer doesn’t mean they’re rejecting you.
Paul writes: ‘For a great and effective door has opened to me, and
there are many adversaries’ (1 Corinthians 16:9 NKJV). Opportunity and
opposition - they go together like macaroni and cheese. Life is not
going to hand you success on a silver platter; you’ve got to overcome
adversity and outlast the opposition in order to walk through the door.
And only two things are required: your faith and God’s favour. 
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