GOD SEES ME

Are you measuring your value by the world's scales? I think we’d all agree that the overwhelming desire to achieve approval granted by society is affecting and infecting individuals while making them soul sick.

Value plays such an intricate role in the composite of our human makeup. Within the heart of humankind, there is a longing to be validated that we are enough. The who we look to for validation can change the course of our life. My ugly truth, I allowed the world to become my who. The chase for approval became relentless putting my soul in grave danger.  

A worldly solution cannot fix a spiritual problem.

My favorite getaway is a quaint town called Port Aransas, nestled on the Texas coastline. Each time I go, I rise early in the morning so I can capture the beauty of the sunrise. As I enjoy a lovely stroll, I pause occasionally to pick up a treasured shell while bypassing the small and broken ones.

As I continue along the stretch of sand, I see a beautiful Portuguese Man O' War. It appeared to be alive but was so deeply embedded in the sand it could not find its way back into the water. I wanted to help it, but I chose to bypass it because of the toxicity it possessed.

A few minutes later something triggered a heart-chord; I found myself relating to the perspective I had formulated toward the variety of shells and jellyfish. I too had felt bypassed, broken, insignificant, and immobilized by life’s disappointments.

Broken but not bypassed.

I chased hard after the things the world offered to appease my soul, but it broke me and depleted me spiritually and emotionally.  My hope and dependency was misplaced on individuals who were unqualified to provide me with love that would plug the God sized hole in my heart.  

In John 5, a paralyzed man fully knew the pain of being bypassed. He felt isolated and alone with no one to help him into the water when it began to stir. Like most of us, his expectations were placed on a person to help him, but what he really needed was a Savior.

Jesus is passing by.

For many years I sat with my head stuck in the sand feeling sorry for myself until I was reminded of God’s love for me. It caused me to shift my gaze from man to Christ, and as I did his immeasurable grace swept over my soul. It was in his divine presence that he changed and healed me. I no longer felt unseen or unheard, and at last I had found what I was longing for.

Look up, my friend, Jesus is passing by and he sees you. He’s offering healing for your pain. Love for your emptiness.  John 5:7,9 (AMP) “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up…Jesus said to him, Rise, take up your bed and walk. And immediately the man was made well…”

Pause and Ponder Your Worth

• Consider your value through God’s eyes only. His love bought you back from the arms of sin and brokenness of this world that encapsulated you. The magnitude of the priceless gift of his son, Jesus should forever validate his extravagant love for you. Romans 8:32 (TPT) “For God has proved his love by giving us his greatest treasure, the gift of his Son. And since God freely offered him up as the sacrifice for us all, he certainly won’t withhold from us anything else he has to give.”

• Remember, God sees you and hears you. 2 Samuel 22:7 (MSG) “A hostile world! I called to God, to my God I cried out. From his palace he heard me call; my cry brought me right into his presence— a private audience!”

• Trust him to heal and restore you. 2 Samuel 22:21;25 (MSG) “God made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before him. God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes.”

“O God and Father, I repent of my sinful preoccupation with visible things. The world has been too much with me. Thou hast been here, and I knew it not. I have been blind to Thy Presence. Open my eyes that I may behold Thee in and around me. For Christ’s sake, Amen.” ~A.W. Tower