This is a message I heard recently that is contrary to what we've heard pretty much our whole lives - at least for me.
We happen to love ourselves - a lot.
We tend to think, Why wouldn't God love me? Of course he loves me. ... I'm pretty awesome!
Unfortunately, the message of the gospel is there's nothing awesome about me.
We are sinners - from birth to death. Selfish, self-centered, easily angered, unholy, jealous, unloving, unforgiving, ungrateful, and probably a whole lot more ...
God's love for us is based on WHO HE IS and not our awesomeness.
We think we are valuable - which is true. But we aren't loved by God because we're valuable; we are valuable because we're loved by God.
Just let that sink in.
We definitely have value. We just don't have it on our own. We aren't awesome. We aren't perfect - not even close. Christ's love, Christ's birth, Christ's sacrifice for us on the cross - those make us valuable. In Him we find our true value.
Romans 8:38-39
"And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow — not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below — indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord." (emphasis mine)
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