BEING UNWANTED

I Was Just Thinking About – BEING UNWANTED.

There are numbers of people who have been relegated to those who are insignificant, unneeded, unloved and unwanted. Who are they and what do we need to learn about them?

I know one who as a boy had a traumatic experience when his mother (1) showed him pills she had taken to abort him, and (2) told him repeatedly that he would never amount to anything. If it hadn’t been for an older sister, he might never had survived. She loved him unconditionally then and has throughout his life. There was one exception of note by this boy’s mother. He recalled that one afternoon, after hearing the Gospel on the radio, he said he wanted Jesus to be his Savior. His mother knelt by a kitchen chair and prayed with him to that end. But then – things continued as they had been for him – the repetition of the statement that he would never amount to anything.

I’ve thought about that in terms of the Gospel and its transforming influence and action in a person’s life. John 3:16 is very significant, especially for the unloved and unwanted, “God so loved.” Jeremiah 31:3 (NLT) contains the basic truth: “I have loved you with an everlasting love. With unfailing love, I have drawn you to myself.”

Another important aspect of the Gospel to note is expressed in Romans 1:16, “The Gospel is the POWER OF GOD for salvation to everyone who believes.” Just think of how vital this is for the disenfranchised and marginalized soul(s) who have been deemed to be unnecessary and unwanted.

Along with The Gospel, the Word of God is very significant in and for one’s life. Why? Hebrews 4:12 (NLT) indicates: “The word of God is alive and POWERFUL…” The Word of God always supersedes the words of people. People will voice their opinions and state their impressions about another (or others) but they are without merit of distinctiveness because only the Word of God active within one is what matters – it alone is alive and powerful.

There are also special words in Scripture for those who have been labelled and relegated as being insignificant, unneeded, unloved and unwanted. A special reminder is in Ephesians 3:17-20 (NIV), Paul prays” “that you, being rooted and established in love,  may have POWER…that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God…Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask, think or imagine, according to HIS POWER that is at work within us…”

Peter will also write to the persecuted believers regarding the power of God in and for one’s life – Second Peter 1:3-4 (NIV), “His DIVINE POWER has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.  Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may PARTICIPATE IN THE DIVINE NATURE, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.”

Being wanted by Jesus is far more important that being marginalized by people who may think of one as being insignificant, unneeded, unloved and unwanted. Be weakened no longer. Live your life in the POWER, authority and control of a God who loves you with His everlasting love.

Prayerfully – Consider these things with me.

Loved with everlasting love, Led by grace that love to know;

Gracious Spirit from above, Thou hast taught me it is so!

O this full and perfect peace! O this transport all divine!

In a love which cannot cease, I am His, and He is mine.

(BTW - I’ve written a book on this subject – Realizing Significance – that is available at a modest cost on Amazon.)