
Originally Posted by
Cerebrum123
I think that they need to remember that we belong to God, and not to this world. We were not called to an easy path. We were not called to please the world. We are called to be salt and light, which have the certain characteristics. Salt has flavor, is preservative, and is an irritant. Light can guide, disinfect, and dispel darkness which many people still love. These two things will either draw people to Christ, or will drive them further from Him.
Then, we are to delight in the persecutions and hardships we face for Christ. This is obviously very hard to do, but it's what we should be doing.
Seeking to belong in this temporary world is the same as trying to store up earthly treasures, it won't last, and won't do us any good when we are with God. It may even take our eyes off of what's truly important.
2 Corinthians 12:8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Hebrews 11:3 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. 14 People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
I think we need to remember that we are just strangers on earth, this isn't our home. Until then, we need to strive to not only deal with not being accepted, but rejoice in it, as we should all our hardships.