Rejection can hurt us deeply, but it does not get to define us. As God’s children (John 1:12-13), we can look back at our identity in Christ when we face rejection, remembering that God "chose us in him before the foundation of the world" and "predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ,” and has even "blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places" (Ephesians 1:4-10; Ephesians 1:3).