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Top 7 Bible Verses For Those Feeling Excluded

Top 7 Bible Verses For Those Feeling Excluded

Last updated on: February 13, 2016 at 3:01 pm by Jack Wellman

Top 7 Bible Verses For Those Feeling Excluded 2016-02-13T15:01:16-06:00 Jack Wellman

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Here are seven Bible verses for those who feel excluded in life.

Psalm 147:3 “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”

This shows God’s tenderness as He says He won’t only heal the brokenhearted but He will bind up their wounds and when God binds up a wound, it is completely healed. Sometimes we get wounded by being excluded from certain things in life but it’s made worse when they do it for our faith. We can’t be surprised by this because the Apostle Peter wrote “Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you . But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed” (1st Pet 4:12-13) but why rejoice in this? Peter writes “If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you” (1st Pet 4:14). Don’t you want that?

First Peter 5:6-7 “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.”

Why does Peter tell us to humble ourselves and cast all of our cares on God? For one thing, we’re not meant to carry such a heavy load around by ourselves but it’s also because “Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” (1st Pet 5:8) and he wants us to be filled with pride, just as he was, but his pride also caused his great fall. It can also cause us to fall. A person that is humbled and lowly, can’t fall very far but a person who’s highly exalted has a greater distance to the ground and the greater the person’s lifted up, the harder the fall will be. Just look at Lucifer, who now is the Devil or Satan; he fell all the way from heaven to earth and he’s never recovered.

Psalm 50:15 “Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”

The wisdom in this verse is that we should call upon God in days when there is no trouble so that when the time comes for needing God’s intervention, it won’t be anything new to us. Everyone has troubles; the saved and the lost, but the difference is we have a God that will deliver us, but it is hoped that when He does deliver us, we will give Him the glory and not ascribe it to ourselves.

Joshua 1:9 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

This verse comes just after Moses had died and God is now speaking to and working through Joshua and is trying to encourage him. When there are times of great change, like in the leadership of Moses and Joshua, there are bound to be some problems during the transition, however if you are a believer in Jesus Christ, the Lord would say to you to not be frightened or dismayed because God is going to be with you “wherever you go” and “The Lord your God is providing you a place of rest” (Joshua 1:13b) so be strong and courageous since “No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you” (Joshua 1:5).

Psalm 27:1 “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid.”

When the remnant of the Jews escaped to Masada to try and hold out against the Romans, they fled to one of the greatest and most natural of all fortresses; Masada. They felt safe and secure there, but after nearly three months, they were starving to death and dying of thirst, and the Roman’s had built a ramp and were about ready to take the Jews by force. Tragically, they all committed mass suicide, as they would rather die at their own hands that at the hands of the Romans or made into slaves, but for those in Christ, three is nothing that can separate us from God, not even death itself (Rom 8:37-39).

Matthew 11:28 “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

Have you ever noticed that none of the proud ever came to Jesus for eternal life but only to criticize Him and try to trick Him with questions, but they failed each and every time so after a while, “no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions” (Matt 22:46). My point is, only those who are humble in heart can come to God (James 4:6) so if you’re feeling excluded in life, you are already probably broken but the irony is; God cannot fix what is first not broken.

Isaiah 26:3 “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.”

What is it about peace that you hear about in the world most often? It’s usually a peace that’s been broken between nations or people groups and just like laws, they were meant to be broken, however the peace of God exceeds that of the peace the world gives. God will keep that person in perfect peace or like in a holding pattern of peace, but only if their mind is stayed or fixed on God. Jesus talked about peace, telling the disciples, My “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid” (John 14:27). We too have peace with God if we’ve repented and trusted in Christ (Rom 5:1) and that means we have peace of mind since the condemnation’s been lifted through Christ’s redemptive work on the cross (Rom 8:1).

Conclusion

God promises to never leave us or forsake us (Heb 13:5) so let’s examine why someone might feel excluded. For one thing, Christians are scorned to death and often excluded from public or private gatherings, but now, God is being excluded from every facet of life and kicked out of the public square, schools, governments, and just about any other place you can think of, and when a tragedy strikes, the unbelievers cry, “Where was God?” to which I say, “Don’t you remember? You kicked Him out.” Guess what unbeliever’s. You think there is no God, but you know what? There’s still evil in the world. Not for long though…not for long (Rev 20:12-15; Rev 21:8).

Article by Jack Wellman

Jack Wellman is Pastor of the Mulvane Brethren Church in Mulvane Kansas. Jack is also the Senior Writer at What Christians Want To Know whose mission is to equip, encourage, and energize Christians and to address questions about the believer’s daily walk with God and the Bible. You can follow Jack on Google Plus or check out his book Teaching Children the Gospel available on Amazon.

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