Known and Loved

Known and Loved

Everything wrong in the human race is because people haven’t experienced an all-encompassing perfectly loving God the way he intended. He created us to experience loving attachments which set children up to see God AS HE IS. But when children lack the reality of a loving father and mother connection, their ‘reality’ of God may feel like rejection and hopelessness. These roots end up branching off into rebellion, depression, anger, addiction, jealousy, hate and many more negative heart issues.

Feeling unloved, unwanted and misunderstood causes young people to act out negatively. Naturally they look for love in other ways but nothing satisfies the deep longing their souls that longs to be known and loved. Sadly, acting out deep rejection perpetuates more rejection. Eventually rejection rejects others as they become what they know. “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” Proverbs 23:7. Hurting people often become hurtful people. 

On my own journey, and helping others on theirs, inner healing is all about discovering our intrinsic value, purpose and true identity. Even the best parents, spouses, counselors or friends can’t fully know everything about us and our destiny. We all need to encounter God’s perfect and unconditional love deep within. It’s a willingness to surrender to His love, to exchange the old beliefs and ways for the new. Once experienced, we are changed on the inside. If you know, you know. You’ve been spiritually adopted into His family. You are no longer orphaned or far away, but belong. You’ve been grafted into a new bloodline.

John 14:17-20. The Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.

Spiritual adoption changes your whole paradigm. You don’t have to pretend you’re someone you’re not. Shame is not how God rules his kingdom. He is the perfect Parent who understands “why.” His love is so perfect that you don’t want anything to cause disconnection. Those ‘lesser loves’ of addiction, vanity and imperfect humans, start to lose their power over us. His love is like a “high from the most high.” You know that you know, that you’re deeply loved and worth dying for. Jesus proved it.

Wise leaders and fathers understand this need for healthy family bonding, along with loving accountability that keeps people wanting to grow mature. This is the kingdom family Jesus came to earth to build ‘on earth as it is in heaven.’ Spiritual orphans, hungry for truth and love will come in droves to experience what they’ve longed for; loving connection and guidance. In today’s world, brave voices must oppose the corrupted ways they demand we raise our children. It’s clear their goal is to pervert God’s perfect design.

And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. Malachi 4:6.

For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the LORD will take me in. Psalm 27:10

But the one who loves God is known by God. 1 Corinthians 8:3.

For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers. Romans 8:29.

For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage. Psalm 94:14.

For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” Romans 8:15.

By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. John 13:35.

God is love. His love brings peace. Let Him adopt you into His eternal family.