What Does One Do When Family Does Not Accept Who You Are In Christ Jesus?

This may be a hard subject to approach but lets give it a try OK. You love Jesus, ministry is bursting forth inside of you waiting for the exact time to come forth. You attend family functions and the whole time you become very quiet and reserved for everyone around you chit chats about their lives. Everything inside of you is wanting to scream forth, wake up people do you not know what time it is? People go on with their lives and do they really see the times all around them. Jesus may come in the next few moments, hours, days, weeks, or even years. Have you thought about your final destination for all eternity? Will it be heaven or hell? The choice is really yours. Have you accepted Jesus into your heart and asked Him to be the Lord of your life? When was the last time you showed Jesus to a stranger.
Did you know that there are people out there that may have not had someone show them kindness in a week or so or even longer? Take that great smile of yours and share it with strangers. Why do I say strangers as opposed to family members? How would you feel if you have an incredible talent and the only one to recognize it is a total stranger. Part of you would feel sad for a brief moment or two and then you would accept it and move on. There are others that would keep coming back to the same old situation and sit with those that do not allow you to be who God created you to be. It could become very frustrating to sit among people that treat you as Jesus was treated. Remember when He could do no great works in the city/region where he was from. They referred to Him as that is Joseph's son, the carpenter. Do not quote me on the exact verse I may be a little off. The point being taken, they knew Jesus as the young child/man they grew up with and did not see the greatness of God inside of Him. He could do no great miracles in their presence for their lack of faith. I can imagine that on some level that made His heart a bit sad. To have the flowing of miracles in His life and the very people He grew up with would not receive their miracle because they did not see Him as God created Him to be.
Do you ever feel like that? I am sure there is a group of God's remnant that have either felt this or are experiencing this right now. God spoke to your heart of the plan He has for your life and you are being groomed this very moment in hidden places. He teaches, for Holy Spirit is the greatest teacher I have ever sat under, He truly is. When Holy Spirit gives you divine revelation and insight I stand back in amazement at what He shows me and teaches me. Let me encourage you for God has you strategically tucked away, learning and growing in strength and character. When the timing is right He will bring you forth and you will fulfill what He has called you to do in your life. Do not give up hope or become discouraged in the waiting process. Trust Him for He is your defender, protector, provider, and the one that nurtures His children. That is the safest place to be. Take that moment or two to tell Him you love Him and if it were not for Him stepping into your heart and life you would be walking down some gloomy path in life lost and confused. He will bring joy to your heart if you let Him into your heart and let Him direct your steps.
It is so much easier to take the gospel message to the world and strangers than those that you sit down to a meal with, why is that? They feel they can push you into a corner and cause you to act as they would like you to act. It should be the other way around. They should let you express who God created you to be. When was the last time you had liberty and freedom gathered around the dinner table at a family function? You know, to have a free and open conversation about what Jesus has shared with you lately. What about that prophetic dream He gave to you the other night. Oh to have the freedom to converse with others at a family function about what the Lord is doing in your life. The sad part is that the very dream you had from God could have been a key in a family members life to an answer to something they are currently struggling with in their very life. A key to unlock freedom in their life.
You need to start standing up for yourself and get a back bone so to speak. Sometimes it is OK to say NO, I do not want to do that today. People should really respect your wishes and not force their wants and desires upon you. It is as though you are treated as a child when you do not fit into their box and conform to their ways/ideas. That will not work for some of you for God did not create you to fit into their preconceived (notion) box. How can a rectangular object fit into a circular container? It cannot unless you cut the pieces up to make them fit into the container. God just may have not created you to fit into another persons container and they should just accept that for what it is.
Do you ever feel like you are sitting at the dinner table and listening to the conversation and just feel disconnected to the small talk? What do you think would happen if they gave you a moment to interrupt the conversation and ask those at the table when was the last time they heard from God? What did He say to you? When was the last time He gave you a dream in regard to direction in your life? Questions of that nature. They may patronize you for a moment or two but I can guarantee you that you would receive very little prolonged time to further discuss/inquire. Onto another subject is what I would guess would then direct the conversation. What advice was given in the bible about leaving a town and shaking the dust off of your feet if they did not receive you there. There is a reason behind that. You can share, share and share some more and there comes a point that Holy Spirit will redirect your foot steps elsewhere. To a place where the word of God will be received and not hushed away.
Be encouraged for God truly has a plan for your very life and do not feel abandoned if your family just does not get you. Maybe that is part of the plan for your life. To break away and have freedom and liberty to take the testimony that is genuine to your very life to others. In your life was there not a story or testimony of someone that crossed your path that touched your heart? Did the testimony of another bear witness to your spirit? I am sure if you thought about it and looked back on your life you would find that to be true. It is through the sharing of your testimony that it will build up others and bring encouragement to their very life. How can you share if there is no testimony in your life to share. Do you see why I share via this blog? It is there to encourage you. Many, many numerous times I have experienced this very thing. The shared testimony of a person that lifted me up and brought hope and encouragement to my life. There will even be times when that testimony will be a confirmation to your life. Better yet, their shared testimony will encourage you to see that others walked in very similar situations and they came out of it bringing glory to God. God is so very smart, He knows exactly the very people around you and the right timing to hear the very testimony of another at the very time you need to hear it. God is love and that causes my heart to sing. Be encouraged and know this, if family and friends are beginning to cause you to be irritated, it may not be from the enemy. It just may be that it is time to move on and the season in your life is about to change.