For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:13-14 (NIV)
Lord Jesus, I thank You today that I have nothing to prove to anybody! So often I place upon myself this burdensome belief that I must do something, say something or give something to others to prove my value to them. What makes it worse is that I can find myself deceiving myself into believing that it is in doing those things that YOU assign value and worth to me.
I glory this morning because there is a running theme in my soul as I hear You whisper to my spirit that You love me for me and not what I bring! Hallelujah!
As David reflected upon how, in Your sovereignty, You formed and shaped him, I too reflect upon that glorious work that You have done in me. Every aspect of who I am You predetermined and shaped. There is nothing about me – quirks, nuances, interests, passions – that You did not have a hand in forming. Yes, my sinful nature tends to take that which You mean for good and twist it. Yet Your Spirit redeems it and causes the good to manifest itself despite me! This indeed is wonderful and marvelous in my sight!
So today as I engage the world, help me to not assign personal worth or value to what I do, but instead to who and Whose I am. Continue to remind me of the value You place on me, and help me to find my self-worth in that. Use me as You see fit. But don’t let me define myself by how I am used by You. Instead, continue to reinforce in my soul that who I am is defined by Whose I am to Your glory. Amen!