How Does God Actually See Me? (Part 1)

What does God see when He looks at you? What does He think about you?

What’s His heart toward you? let’s set aside how we see ourselves for a

moment and take a look at the truth about how God sees us.

I AM ACCEPTABLE.

Many of us spend our entire lives trying to be accepted by others. We

want to be acceptable to our parents, to our peers, to our enemies, to

people we envy and even by total strangers.

Our desire to be accepted influences the way we dress, the kind of

car we drive, the kind of house we live in, the career we choose and

many other things. People will do the craziest things in order to be

accepted.

Remember as a kid when you were dared to do something. It was stupid

but we went ahead and did it anyway. Why? We wanted to fit in with the

crowd. We wanted to be accepted.

Even if we are perfect, people are going to reject us. The Bible says

Jesus was perfect, yet He was despised and rejected by men. He was

rejected by His own people. The problem was not perfection, the problem

was with them. Jesus tells us that this issue of acceptance is settled

when we receive His grace.  

Romans 15:7 "... Christ has accepted you."  

Notice there is no condition. It doesn't say, "Christ will accept you

if you go to church every week." It doesn't say, "Christ will accept

you if you promise to be perfect.” No, it's unconditional, because it's

based on God's grace not your performance.

Maybe you've accepted Christ, but have you ever realized that God has

accepted you? God has accepted you just as you are without any

conditions on it because of His grace.

Some of you grew up with an unpleasable parent. No matter what you

did, it was never good enough. If you got C's, they wanted B's. If you

got B's on your report card, they wanted A's. If you got A's, they

wanted straight A's. If you got straight A's they wanted you to take

extra curricular activities. No matter what you did, they just did not

give you the approval and the acceptance that you craved.  

Ps. 27:10 “Even if my father and mother abandon me, the Lord will hold me close.

God says, "I accept you." If God accepts me and anyone else doesn’t, that's their problem. God says I’m acceptable.