Ever feel like a mistake or an oops, an Uh Oh? I look at my life sometimes and think that God was just really bored and wanted to be funny around Moses and some of the guys…so He made me and they all looked down and laughed! I think it started in school, evolution does a great job of teaching you that you are random and an accident. I mean if some cells just got together and had a cell party but then one cell said, “Hey what if we became a frog?” and the other cells were like, “DUDE great idea!!” But then the frogs got together and thought, “I’m kind of sick of being in the water, what if we became a dog?” and the other frog cells where all, “I’m in, kind of hate being in the water.” But then the dog cells got together and said, “You know this smelling each other to see who is who is getting old, what if we became a monkey?” and the other dog cells agreed and boom…monkeys. But then the monkeys got sick of bananas and climbing trees and the monkey cells said, “What if we became human, then we could drive?” And through all of these random acts we get you, accidentally.
The truth is YOU are NOT an accident. When God made you He put some serious thought and time in how to make you different from everyone else. He built you with intent and thought and every part of you is by design. You are beautiful and wonderfully made, His masterpiece. Your worth is not found in who you are but Whose you are. Worth is determined by what someone is willing to pay. In his book Overwhelmed, Perry Noble talks about understanding how God could love someone ‘like him’. He says, “Love is determined by what we’re willing to seek out and what we’re willing to sacrifice for. With that definition of love in mind, I want you to know without a shadow of a doubt that God loves you. Without question, without condition.”
If love and worth are determined but what someone is willing to pay, remember today that Jesus willingly gave His life for you. The Creator of everything loves you so much He paid the ultimate price for your freedom. You are not an accident. You are loved.
Overwhelmed has been a book I have read several times and has had a huge impact on my life. If you are interested in reading more, you can pick up your copy here at: Overwhelmed