When you fail at something, how do you feel? When someone else beats you at something, what’s your first response? Do you feel like you’re competing with people in a lot of areas of your life? Sometimes life just feels like a test you’re not passing, right? It always seems that no matter what you’re good at or called to or made for, there’s someone out there who’s a million times better at it and you find a way to mess it up. If you feel this way, the real problem is that deep inside yourself, you don’t know your own value. There’s a place in your heart where you think that your worth is defined by how well you do some thing. That could be your job performance or your grades. It could be the way you look or how awesome your kids or grandkids are. It could be a ton of different things that shift from day to day, but if your value is based on the things you do or the things you are, you will eventually wind up depressed, confused, frustrated and hating yourself. There will always be someone more successful or better looking or whatever. Just fill in the blank with whatever measurement you want and there will be someone who has more of it than you. If you have believed in Jesus, your value is based on the fact that He loves you, period. Your worth is not defined by what you do, but simply based on His love. Jesus loves you and gave His blood and life for you. That’s your worth. You can’t add to it or take away from it and when you really start to believe it, you can’t lose.
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