God created all of us for a purpose. Exactly the way he created us is exactly what He wants us to be. However, because of the way other people have perceived us we have become jaded, and have changed. The words people say to us are not meant to change us but they do. Words are a powerful thing. Words can uplift and encourage a person or they can bring a person down and make them feel lousy about themself. If somebody were to ask you "how do you define self worth?" What would your answer be? I have two more questions for you 1. Are you glad you are you? 2. Do you have a healthy sense of selfworth? To God you are perfect just the way you are. It doesn't matter what anybody else have ever said. It doesn't matter what your relatives have ever told you. It definitely doesn't matter what your classmates and coworkers over the years have ever said. We become miserable when we perceive our lives to have no value, no purpose, or no significance. God tells us in His word that we are so significant to Him that He always keeps an eye on us.
"Surely you desire truth in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place."
Psalm 51:6
God wants us to be open and honest with him about all of our emotions not just the pleasant ones. God desires truth and honesty at the deepest level and wants us to experience His love, foregiveness, and power in all areas of our lives. Experiencing His love doesn't mean all of our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors will be pleasant and pure. It means we can be real, feeling pain and joy, love and anger, confidence and confusion.
"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."
John 10:10
God wants us to live our life to the fullest. Living an abundant life however does not mean that it will be a problem free life. Life itself is a series of problems that often act as obstacles to our search for significance, and the abundant life is the experience of God's love, forgiveness, and power in the midst of these problems. Our fulfillment in this life depends not on our skills to avoid life's problems but on our ability to apply God's specidific solutions to those problems. An accurate understanding of God's truth is the first step toward discovering significance and worth. An accurate biblical self concept contains both strength and humility, both sorrow over sin and joy about forgiveness,a deep sense of our need for God's grace and a deep sense of the reality of God's grace.
It is vital for us to understand that this hunger for self worth is God given and can only be satisfied by Him. Our value is not dependent on our ability to earn the acceptance of people, but rather, its true source is the love and acceptance of God. HE created you and me. Only he knows how to fulfill ALL our needs!!!!
Do you know how amazing you are?!?! Do you know God has an amazing plan for you?!?!?
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