How You See Yourself

Yesterday, I had lunch with one of our outstanding ABF (Adult Bible Fellowship) teachers, Tim Brown. If you are not serving on Sunday morning, I would suggest that you attend an ABF and Tim's would be a great one. His class gathers at 9:30 am.

We were talking about how people see themselves and how their wrong view of themselves robs them of confidence and the life that God wants to live in and through them. We discussed how most people see themselves based on what they produce at work or home, how morally good they think they are doing, or by how people perceive them to be doing.

That stinks because you are going to have bad days, which means you are going to have a negative view of yourself.

If you are in Christ, you are righteous in Him. You are an adopted child of the King of Kings. You are Spirit-filled. Your value has been defined by Jesus. You are worth His body and blood to God. You have great value and are loved beyond what you can imagine.

That is how God sees you and how we should view ourselves. We must stop evaluating our lives based on what we do. That is legalism. That is dead will-power religion. We must see ourselves as God does. God sees us in Christ as holy and dearly loved. That does not change. Even when you don't produce, don't behave, or are not impressive to other people. In Christ you are holy. You are amazing. You are blessed. You are not these things because of anything you have done, but because of who God is and what Jesus has done for you and what the Spirit of God is doing in you.

See your value in Christ and you will live a confident and blessed life.