How are we to respond to feelings of being unwanted?

Psalm 9:9-10The Lord is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O Lord, do not abandon those who search for you.

1 Peter 5:7Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.

When we feel unwanted, we should turn to God for his presence and help, trusting in who he is.

2 Corinthians 4:8-9We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed.

1 Peter 4:19So if you are suffering in a manner that pleases God, keep on doing what is right, and trust your lives to the God who created you, for he will never fail you.

When we feel unwanted, we should continue to do what is right.

Romans 12:2Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

2 Corinthians 4:8-9We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed.

1 Peter 2:11Dear friends, I warn you as “temporary residents and foreigners” to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls.

When we feel unwanted, we must not give in to the pressures to conform to the world.

Romans 12:5We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.

Hebrews 10:25Let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.

When we feel unwanted, we should receive and offer encouragement among other believers.

1 Samuel 8:7“Do everything they say to you,” the Lord replied, “for they are rejecting me, not you. They don’t want me to be their king any longer.”

Matthew 10:14“If any household or town refuses to welcome you or listen to your message, shake its dust from your feet as you leave.”

Mark 6:11“If any place refuses to welcome you or listen to you, shake its dust from your feet as you leave to show that you have abandoned those people to their fate.”

Luke 6:22“What blessings await you when people hate you and exclude you and mock you and curse you as evil because you follow the Son of Man.”

Luke 9:5“If a town refuses to welcome you, shake its dust from your feet as you leave to show that you have abandoned those people to their fate.”

Luke 10:10-11“If a town refuses to welcome you, go out into its streets and say, ‘We wipe even the dust of your town from our feet to show that we have abandoned you to your fate. And know this—the Kingdom of God is near!’”

John 15:19“The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you.”

Sometimes our feelings of being unwanted are a reflection of others’ rejection of God.