Monday, July 20, 2015

Accept Yourself

God made you. Your life is no accident. God wanted you here. Your life is not a product of random chance. You are designed by God. There is no one else just like you in the world. You are unique. Your life is the work of a great Creator. "He created everything there is. Nothings exists that he didn't make" (John 1:3, NLT). 

Don't try to be like someone else. Be yourself. Accept yourself. Consider your God-given talents and abilities. Don't envy anyone. Use the abilities that God gave you. Develop them and focus upon them. Recognize that your unique life has purpose in God.

Thank God for his wonderful work in your life. Thrive where he has placed you. Use your abilities for his glory. Trust him to use you to help others. Worship him as your Creator. Know him as the One who sustains your life. Give yourself to him to make a difference in his world. Say to God, "Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous and how well I know it" (Psalm 139:14, NLT).

As a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, you are God's new creation. By God's grace through faith in Christ, God has changed your life for his glory. "He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things he planned for us long ago" (Ephesians 2:10, NLT). Accept yourself in Christ and give God all the glory!