Leading Towards God's Destined Path

I read a devotion from Proverbs 31 Ministries titled, Not Just Anyone, and while it is a great devotion for everyone to read, it got me thinking about something else.

Once He’d grown, the people of Jesus’ home region had a hard time accepting Jesus as the Messiah. How could this man they’d seen learning to walk, learning to talk, learning to hammer and saw, be God’s Son? In fact, they leveled the strongest possible accusation at Him. They claimed, in Mark 3:20-25 after He healed a man on the Sabbath, He was working for the devil.
That’s not just marginalizing someone, that’s attacking them! Have you felt misunderstood or attacked? Notice that God did little to stop these people from running their mouths incorrectly about Jesus. Instead He kept right on leading Jesus down His destined path. (bold is my emphasis)

People may misunderstand you and talk bad about you, but that doesn't mean that God doesn't love you. He won't necessarily stop those bad things from happening, but He is faithful to keep on leading you to what He has destined for you. When we experienced people slandering us, spreading lies, talking about us behind our back, twisting our words and actions to support what they thought was going on in our lives, we had to come to the decision to not fight and leave it in God's hands. As long as we were living how He called us to live, it didn't matter what they said. We knew the truth would prevail in the end. We allowed God to continue leading us to His destiny for us.

This kind of goes along with my other post from this morning, in the fact that God doesn't always remove the struggles we are experiencing, but can use how we've been molded by those struggles to further His kingdom and for His glory.

Being overlooked or misunderstood is hard to take. Jesus was no doubt disappointed by those in His home region, and by the leaders in the synagogues whose job it was to recognize the Messiah when He came.  But ultimately Jesus’ identity, worth and power came from His Heavenly Father and not from the validation of any earthly being.
The same is true for you and me.
If you feel overlooked or misjudged today, take those feelings to Jesus and let Him reassure you. If you haven’t received love and support from the people important to you, take that disappointment to the Lord who understands completely. (bold is my emphasis)

 If you aren't experiencing the love and support of people who are important to you, just remember that God, who loves you far more than any earthly person could, loves and supports you. Christ truly has experienced what you are experiencing and can help you through those difficult days. Take your burdens to Him and then open your arms to receive the love and comfort from the one who truly understands!