VALUE

When you don’t value something, you won’t do anything productive with it. You won’t do anything with your life and future if you don’t value it. But the truth remains that you are valuable to God. You are His poem—the expression of His glory. He has gifted you uniquely, wired you and designed you to present you as a beautiful creation to be appreciated by the world.

Don’t let anyone rob you of your value to God. Don’t let anyone depreciate you and diminish the importance of your life to human society. The self-worth that you discover in Him is the firm foundation upon which you build your life. Your greatest value in life is your value to God!

You can know for a fact that people will never value you the way God does. Why? This is because the value that people place on you tends to be emotionally driven. If they are happy with you, you are wonderful and you are of great value to them. However, if they are upset with you, your value will change; it will drop. So it is important not to make the mistake of trying to draw our self-esteem and sense of value from other people. The end result would only be hurt and disappointment. It is important and wonderful for us to encourage and to give value to one another. But the reality is that the only One that can give you a consistent sense of worth and value is God.

Hence, my self-esteem is always intact and can no longer be shaken by people’s opinion about me. It does not mean I do not take people’s opinion into consideration. I do because that is important. However, their opinion does not shake the foundation of my sense of worth, because my greatest value is my value to my heavenly Father. And here’s the beautiful thing: Even when I mess up in my life, make mistakes and fall short of God's glory, God still values me the same!

I want to let you know that God loves you and your greatest value in life is your value to Him. He knows what He can do with your life and He has great plans for you. But they mean nothing if you don’t believe in them and don’t place the same value on your life that God places.

“Father, I declare my value in Your eyes. Thank You. I am special to You. I am Your poetry that You are writing. A story that You will tell. Thank You for Your love and care. No matter what happens, I will walk in my value to my Heavenly Father. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen!”


p.s. I am not the author of this beautiful article. I don't remember where I found it, i copied & pasted it in a Microsoft Word where I kept it in my laptop long long time ago. And now when I read it again, the Holy Spirit has moved me into sharing it on my blog! Hope it would bring some encouragement to someone, somewhere ...