Our world can feel mighty big. There are billions of humans with a singular story covering this planet. It’s easy to feel that we’re insignificant after we compare ourselves to others. Social media has grown this concept that I am unable to compare myself to others; I’m not ok, talented enough, wealthy enough, successful enough, fit enough, a great enough parent, cook, and on the list goes! From a young age, we’re inundated with unrealistic images of perfection perpetuating the concept that we should always bow out before we even begin because we’ve nothing unique to supply our world.
This goes entirely against the message of the Gospel, and it’s a lie the evil one uses to take us out of the sport. Each and each life matters to God. We are all ‘fearfully and splendidly made’ as his Word tells us (Psalm 139:14). You are profoundly necessary not due to what you may do but due to who you might be! You are a baby of God (John 1:12-13). The world wants us to consider that production equals value, but God’s economy is entirely different. God says identity defines our price; the most effective news is that, thankfully, as his Creation, our identity is secure!
God calls us to live as a living sacrifice to him (Romans 12:1), which suggests we haven’t got to supply him perfection. We just should make ourselves available to him. Thank God perfection shouldn’t be a qualifier for him to work! We’d all be doomed, most of all me. My sin haunts me, but God’s grace covers me. It’s a miraculous cycle that keeps me on my knees, thanking God that he can do great things with what little I actually have to supply. You matter greater than you could possibly ever imagine to your Father God.
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Source: https://www.christianity.com/wiki/christian-life/3-reasons-your-life-matters-to-god.html
