Well, if you haven't read my last post, you might want to read it before you read this one, because this is a continuation of that story. I was talking about the lie that I tend to believe, that I have to be perfect to be accepted by God. Well, here's the other lie I tend to believe: that I am worthless and a failure. I believe this because I'm used to defining myself apart from God. And believing yet another lie: that life is done independently of God. In my case, I think I should be doing life well even though I'm looking to my own resources, not God's. That doesn't work. No wonder I worry about failure. Failure is inevitable, or as Jesus put it: "Apart from Me you can do nothing."
Here's the truth about who I am: God abides in me, and I in God (1 John 4:15). Wow. Like, really wow. That makes me amazing, but only in Christ, not apart from Him. Here's what else God says about me: He loves me so much that He made me His child, just because I accepted His gift of salvation in Jesus. He values me so much that He sent His only Son to die so that I could be His,
forever. I am valuable because I am valued by God. So are you. I pray that God will reveal His love to our hearts more and more.
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