Simple Reminders: You are Worth it
People tend to do one of two things: we’re either narcissistic and convinced that the world owes us something or we’re humble and broken and convinced we’re worthless.
Christians, tend to do the second. After all, we sit around reading the gospels and reading about the Son of God dying for us, dying a particularly gruesome and horrible death, when in fact he did nothing to deserve it, all for our sake. And when we look at ourselves and look our lives we tend to think, “why?”
“What have I done to warrant favor? Why did someone else have to take my punishment?” It disrupts our sense of the order of the world. After all, the guilty are supposed to receive punishment not the innocent.
So we reject the gift of grace we’ve been offered and we reject a whole mess of blessings from our Lord because we’re convinced we’re not worth it.
But that’s a lie.
The truth is that you are worth it. You are worth everything to Him who created you. The Father who says “I shall be with you always” the Son who says “I prepare a place for you in my Father’s house” and our Advocate the Spirit, who reminds us of the promises made.
Because the truth is that you, personally, are loved and are absolutely worth it.
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Wow… thanks for the great reminder! You are right that it is very easy to slip into the “i’m not worth it” mindset. So thank you for lifting my spirit today!
Thanks so much for the reminder of a beautiful grace and my value to God. I needed to hear this today!
Good reminder especially when we feed ourselves a lot of negative self talk. Thanks for the post.
Thanks for the sermon, it’s mine now.
The two groups of people I struggle with are those that you mentioned that won’t don’t think they are worth saving. And then you have those that walk around and say, “I know I mess up, but I know I am saved and God loves me.”
I think maturity happens when there is a balance to these two philosophies. It’s a humbleness clothed in steadfast faith.
Great post….when are you coming to Cowboy Church in Texas? Your horse is waiting.
You can steal my posts anytime, It’s not like they’re copyrighted
Although with lines like “humbleness clothed in steadfast faith” you don’t really need help from me.
Texas? I need to get to South Dakota and back first. Will def let you know if I’m ever able to make it down there.