Why in the world would God think anything about us? We're only his creation. What could we possibly have done to get his attention?
This thought isn't from me. It's actually from an evangelist who came through our church: Craig Cobb. The message God gave him helped me more than any other message I think.
I'm the person who's insecure about themselves to the point where it becomes a sin. I'm thinking of the negative about myself (which is already not good) so much, that I don't think of anything positive. So I'm going to give you this and hope it helps you as much as it did me.
Luke 12:6-7 says:
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Value. Worth. When Christ saved us with His blood, our worth went up before the throne of heaven. We can't be worthless because God said we're not. He told us we have a purpose. And that purpose is to please and glorify Him according to Revelation 4:11. That's the purpose for everyone on this planet. So none of us our worthless.
In John 15:15 Jesus called us friends. He said, "...but I have called you friends.."
So when you're friends with someone, you want to spend time with them. Jesus desires to spend time with us. It's not required of Him. He wants to! That very thought by itself blows me away!
There something else. When your friend is able to, but doesn't come spend time with you, how do you feel? Doesn't it hurt? Well, I know it hurts me. But guess what. When we don't spend time with God everyday, HE FEELS LEFT OUT! Put that in your pipe and smoke it! Isn't it fantastic? I can't comprehend that! But yet, it makes sense. If Jesus says we're His friends, why shouldn't He feel left out when we don't spend time with him? Hold on a minute and read the definition of friend.
Also: One reconciled after enmity
I'm so glad I'm reconciled by the grace of God. When you're reconciled and you remember that, why should you get discouraged or defeated?
Not only are we Friends but we're Saints, according to Romans 15:25.
Saint - a person who has been sanctified
See? We don't have to wait until we're dead before we're saints! He sanctified us and He calls us Saints because He wants to remind us of that. We shouldn't forget where we came from. No matter how bad or 'good' your life was before Christ, we were all headed for hell. Praise the Lord we don't have to go!
God also, of course views us as Children. Galatians 3:6 says this: For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Now there are three ways you can be put into a family.
1. Through birth
2. Through marriage
3. Through adoption
We got all three!
When we were saved, we were both born and adopted into the family of God. And when we get to heaven there's going to be a marriage. We are the Bride of Christ. And to be honest, I can't wait. I'm ready to go now!
Ephesians 1:6 says: ...wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
First of all, He made us. We don't need to feel insecure about ourselves. The way He made us is the way He made us. And if we're supposed to glorify and please Him, it shouldn't matter that much! And guess what! GOD CHOSE TO LOVE US! Just the way we are. Think about that for awhile. Seriously. It's healthy.
Second of all, we're accepted. We fit in. There's no need to feel out of place with God.
Now we hear a guy say that his girlfriend/fiance/wife completes him. But seriously, the only way you can be complete is through God. He makes us complete. Colossians 2:10 says that we're complete in Him. We don't need anything else.
Now one more thing and then I'll shut up.
Psalms 139:17-18: 17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
God thinks about us all the time! I don't know about you, but that gets me excited. The times he thinks of us are more than the sand. Now I haven't counted all the grains of sand on a beach, but I can tell you that we probably don't even have a number for that.
That causes me think reflect on how many times I think of Him. I know it certainly doesn't equal that. But seriously, I think we could all do a little more thinking on Him. He is the One, after all, who redeemed us. Who sanctified us.
So that was just some stuff I got from his message. If you want to listen to his message you can find it here: Living in Victory or How God Views Us - Craig Cobb
Emi ♪
Value. Worth. When Christ saved us with His blood, our worth went up before the throne of heaven. We can't be worthless because God said we're not. He told us we have a purpose. And that purpose is to please and glorify Him according to Revelation 4:11. That's the purpose for everyone on this planet. So none of us our worthless.
In John 15:15 Jesus called us friends. He said, "...but I have called you friends.."
So when you're friends with someone, you want to spend time with them. Jesus desires to spend time with us. It's not required of Him. He wants to! That very thought by itself blows me away!
There something else. When your friend is able to, but doesn't come spend time with you, how do you feel? Doesn't it hurt? Well, I know it hurts me. But guess what. When we don't spend time with God everyday, HE FEELS LEFT OUT! Put that in your pipe and smoke it! Isn't it fantastic? I can't comprehend that! But yet, it makes sense. If Jesus says we're His friends, why shouldn't He feel left out when we don't spend time with him? Hold on a minute and read the definition of friend.
Also: One reconciled after enmity
I'm so glad I'm reconciled by the grace of God. When you're reconciled and you remember that, why should you get discouraged or defeated?
Not only are we Friends but we're Saints, according to Romans 15:25.
Saint - a person who has been sanctified
See? We don't have to wait until we're dead before we're saints! He sanctified us and He calls us Saints because He wants to remind us of that. We shouldn't forget where we came from. No matter how bad or 'good' your life was before Christ, we were all headed for hell. Praise the Lord we don't have to go!
God also, of course views us as Children. Galatians 3:6 says this: For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Now there are three ways you can be put into a family.
1. Through birth
2. Through marriage
3. Through adoption
We got all three!
When we were saved, we were both born and adopted into the family of God. And when we get to heaven there's going to be a marriage. We are the Bride of Christ. And to be honest, I can't wait. I'm ready to go now!
Ephesians 1:6 says: ...wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
First of all, He made us. We don't need to feel insecure about ourselves. The way He made us is the way He made us. And if we're supposed to glorify and please Him, it shouldn't matter that much! And guess what! GOD CHOSE TO LOVE US! Just the way we are. Think about that for awhile. Seriously. It's healthy.
Second of all, we're accepted. We fit in. There's no need to feel out of place with God.
Now we hear a guy say that his girlfriend/fiance/wife completes him. But seriously, the only way you can be complete is through God. He makes us complete. Colossians 2:10 says that we're complete in Him. We don't need anything else.
Now one more thing and then I'll shut up.
Psalms 139:17-18: 17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
God thinks about us all the time! I don't know about you, but that gets me excited. The times he thinks of us are more than the sand. Now I haven't counted all the grains of sand on a beach, but I can tell you that we probably don't even have a number for that.
That causes me think reflect on how many times I think of Him. I know it certainly doesn't equal that. But seriously, I think we could all do a little more thinking on Him. He is the One, after all, who redeemed us. Who sanctified us.
So that was just some stuff I got from his message. If you want to listen to his message you can find it here: Living in Victory or How God Views Us - Craig Cobb
Emi ♪
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