How Does God Actually See Me? (Part 2)

August 16, 2023

When you begin to see yourself as God really sees you, you will be

healed from the pain of rejection because it doesn't matter what anybody

else thinks if God says I'm acceptable and valuable and lovable.

I AM VALUABLE.

You are valuable because of His grace. You are valuable. You are worth something.  

How much do you think you're worth? I'm not talking about your net worth.  I'm talking about your self worth.

There are two things that determine value in life. One, who owns it?

Two, what is somebody willing to pay for it? Those two things create

value.  

First, the ownership determines the value of something. We all know

that something that's owned by a celebrity is far more valuable than

something that's owned by me. For instance, would a car owned by Elvis

sell for more than my car? How about a pair of tennis shoes owned by

Michael Jordan rather than a pair of my tennis shoes? Any difference?

The fact is, the owner of something adds value to something that is

normally just common. Who do you belong to?  

1 John 4:4 "You belong to God..."  

Imagine your value. When you come to Christ and say, "Jesus Christ, I

accept Your gift of salvation, I accept Your gift of saving grace,” and

you step across that line, God puts you in His family. That means

you're priceless. You're valuable because of whose you are. You're a

child of God. God says you're not only acceptable, you are valuable. You

belong to Him.  

The other thing that determines value is what somebody's willing to pay for it.

1 Cor. 7:23" God paid a high price for you, so don’t be enslaved by the world.”

The greatest ransom ever paid was when Jesus Christ paid for your

sins,  and you were bought with a price, and God exchanged His own son

for you. God said, "You are valuable enough that I will give My own Son

to die for you." That's how valuable you are.

If you want to know your value, look at the cross. Jesus with

outstretched hands says, "This is how valuable you are. This much. I’d

rather die than live without you.

When people say to you, "You're worthless. You don't amount to much,"

they're dead wrong. God says you matter this much. Jesus died for you

because you are valuable to Him.  

Isa. 43:4"God says, `You are precious to Me.'"  

You're not only acceptable, you're valuable because of God's grace. God says you are acceptable and valuable.  

I AM LOVABLE.  

You may need to say this one out loud. “I am lovable!”

Isa. 54:10 “

‘For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my

faithful love for you will remain.  My covenant of blessing will never

be broken,’ says the Lord, who has mercy on you.”

There are two characteristics that make God's love different from human love.  

1. God's love is consistent. It's never going to end.
2. God is not changing His mind every moment saying, "I like you," today
3. and "Get lost!" tomorrow. God is not unpredictable.

Most of us have experienced inconsistent love because we live with

human beings. We're all inconsistent. We grow up with inconsistent love.

 Inconsistent love produces insecure children. God says, "My love is

never going to end for you."  

1. God's love is unconditional. It's not based on
2. performance. It's not based on you measuring up. As human beings, we try
3. to give unconditional love, but we can't do it all the time because
4. we're imperfect.  

We give conditional love. We grow up with conditional love and we

give it to others. When you say, "I love you if you love me" that's a

condition -- conditional love. When you say, "I love you, if you'll

marry me" that's conditional love. "I love you if you meet my needs" --

conditional love.  Obviously when those needs stop being met, what

happens? People divorce. People leave each other.  

But God says to you, "I love you period! No conditions. No

qualifiers. Just in My grace." You don't ever have to ask, "I wonder if

God's going to love me today? I wonder if God's going to love me

tomorrow? I wonder if God's going to love me next week? Did I pray

enough? Did I do enough right things? Is God going to love me now

because I had a quiet time?" His love is not conditioned upon your

performance. There’s nothing you can do to make God love you any more

and there’s nothing you can do to make Him love you any less. That's

grace. We always get into trouble when we doubt God's love.

God says, in Christ, I am acceptable, I am valuable, and I am lovable.  

This is how God really sees you.