"I'm the kind of person people forget to invite. I'm not on anyone's radar."
How it sounds in your head: Other kids get invited to birthday parties and I don't. Group chats form and I'm not included. Plans get made around me but without me. I'm not hated, I'm just... not thought of. I don't cross anyone's mind when they're making plans.
"For He Himself has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.'"
-- Hebrews 13:5Enemy using social exclusion to attack belonging and plant seeds of isolation before teenage years.
He's literally been left out of invitations while other classmates were included. He's seen social media posts of gatherings he didn't know about until after they happened.
Zacchaeus was despised, excluded, avoided by everyone. He climbed a tree just hoping to SEE Jesus pass by. Jesus stopped, looked UP, called him BY NAME, and invited HIMSELF to Zacchaeus' house. Instant inclusion. Instant salvation. Same day.
I REFUSE the lie that I am forgettable or not on anyone's radar. IT IS WRITTEN that God will NEVER leave me or forsake me—I am ALWAYS on His mind. Jesus knows my name and calls me BY NAME. IT IS WRITTEN that I am His friend, not His servant. I am not excluded from Heaven's plans—I am CENTRAL to them. The King of Heaven invites Himself into MY life. I am not forgotten—I am PURSUED. The BARAK blessing marks me as one who is NOTICED, INCLUDED, and CELEBRATED by God.
While classmates are making plans without you, Jesus is stopping His entire procession, looking directly at YOU, calling your NAME, and inviting Himself into your life. You're not forgotten—you're PURSUED by Heaven.