If you pass your days mumbling, “I’ll never make a difference; I’m not worth anything,” guess what? You’ll be sentencing yourself to a life of gloom without parole! When you do that, you’re questioning God’s judgment. You’re second-guessing the Creator’s taste.
David says you were “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14). God can’t stop thinking about you. A later line in David’s psalm confirms it. David tries to calculate the number of thoughts God has for you and comes to this conclusion:
How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.
They cannot be numbered!
I can’t even count them;
they outnumber the grains of sand! (Psalm 139:17-18 NLT).
Why does he love you so much?
The same reason the artist loves his paintings or the boat builder loves his vessels. You are God’s idea. And he has only good ideas. Paul said it this way:
For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago (Ephesians 2:10)
You matter to God!
Take some time each day this week and read these lines from David’s psalm written to remind yourself of God’s great love for, unceasing presence with you, and eternal craftsmanship in you. Remind yourself just how precious you are to the Creator of the universe!
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.
How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.
They cannot be numbered!
I can’t even count them;
they outnumber the grains of sand!
And when I wake up,
you are still with me!
(Psalm 139:13-18)
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Adapted from Max Lucado’s book, Fearless Imagine Life without Fear. Used by permission. |
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