Self-Worth
I recently asked my Facebook girlfriends to tell me what issues they felt were at the top of women’s lists today. I got many different answers, but one issue in particular seemed to rise to the top: the issue of self-worth. This is a subject that is very near and dear to my heart because I’ve struggled with issues of self-worth my whole life.
So many of us buy into the lie that we are only as valuable as what we do. We have to be rich, famous, beautiful or extremely intelligent in order to really matter in life. The truth is most of us will never be categorized as any of those things because most of us are pretty average by the world’s standards. None of those categories fit me and if that’s the case, what does that mean for me? It means I’ve got to learn to define myself in God’s terms, not in the world’s terms.
What does God say to us? First of all, He tells us that we are the most important thing in the universe to Him. How do we know that? Because He literally sacrificed His one and only Son for us. If that doesn’t tell us what we are worth to Him, then nothing will. When your spouse, kids, friends, neighbors or co-workers don’t tell you what you mean to them, go to the Scripture to remind yourself just what you mean to God.
1 John 3:16 “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.” Whenever you start feeling worthless, remind yourself of this most foundational truth. This is how much we are loved. This is how much we are worth to the God of the universe. He made the ultimate sacrifice to prove His love because He didn’t want to live without us. Wow. Stop and really think about that for a moment. Let it sink in. This kind of love and sacrifice should overwhelm us all! Yes, you are loved more than you will ever know! Don’t ever forget it!