By
Joe Gibbs
Do you ever go through seasons when you just don't feel like your
life counts for very much? Everything seems about as pointless as a
first-quarter NBA score in November. People treat you with less interest
than a flight attendant's lecture on oxygen masks and exit doors.
But what's easy to forget at times like these is that your value
is not something other people can assign to you. They don't get to grade
this. You have been given great worth by your Creator. Your
significance is inborn.
Think of the dignity you possess, merely by being a product of
God's design. You're able to reason and make choices. You can appreciate
beauty and feel emotion. You have the ability within your reach to
bless others, to extend your influence and impact into another person's
life.
You have even been given the privilege of communicating with your
heavenly Father—a right he wasn't obligated to offer you, but one he
freely extends because of his rich, abiding love for you. Everything
about you has been "woven together" in his all-wise mind and heart. Each
day of your life has been "written" down by the one who made you. (
Psalm 139:15-16). That's how valuable you are to him.
Instead of being bombarded by all the ways life has mistreated
you or what a mess you've made, make this a day to celebrate what God
has invested in you. You are worth far more than you realize.
Pray this prayer: I do get down on myself a
lot, Lord. I have a hard time imagining that you love me. Would you
remind me today? I could really use that.
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