Many
people go through life, feeling very little of themselves. I’ve been there
myself. They entertain thoughts like, I’m
not attractive. I’m not smart. I’m not educated. I’ll never amount to much in life. The
enemy wants to deceive us into believing that there’s nothing good in us. This
is the enemy’s biggest lie!
Jesus said,
“Love your neighbor like you love
yourself.” This is not some ego trip prescription he gave us. He is not
suggesting that we become narcissist and obsessed with ourselves. He is telling us to like and love ourselves
so that we can love others. This cannot
happen until we understand our true value. The
price of a commodity is not determined by the product itself but by what the
market is willing to pay for it. God paid the ultimate price for you and me.
You’re nothing less than spectacular!
Cynthia
Ann was born on February 20, 1966. She was one of four children. Her brother
Jeffrey died of leukemia when she was only ten years old. She had turbulent
teenage years but astonishingly Cynthia graduated first her class from high
school. She left to study engineering but in order to support herself Cynthia
had to get a $4 an hour job shucking corn. So she quit college to take up a
modeling job in Chicago.
Cindy
had the perfect measurement to be a model. At five feet nine inches tall, she
had the perfect figure. However, she had one flaw. Cindy had a mole on the left
corner of her upper lip. How could this mole ever allow her to be a supermodel?
In the beginning of her career, the mole was removed from her earlier modeling
pictures. Later, Cindy came to terms with the mole on her face. She decided to
go “natural” with her mole. A symbol
of imperfection but it brought the greatest fame for Cynthia. It was the
imperfect mole that separated her from the masses in the modeling industry.
Today,
Cindy Crawford is a household name. She has appeared in more than 400 magazine
covers. Cindy is considered one the greatest supermodels of our time. Certainly
she’s beautiful all around but mostly she’s recognized all over the world by the
mole in the corner of her lips. The one
thing that should have disqualified her from stardom is the very thing God used
to give her an unprecedented career in modeling. God will do the same for you!
Friend, don’t focus on your
weaknesses, focus on your strength. Learn to think good about yourself. Many
people mistakenly think that’s not being humble. Humility is not about us. It’s about accepting who God made us to be. It’s
about ascribing everything we are and everything we have to our great God. Humility is deflecting the glory to our
heavenly Father.
This
is what our Master had to do for Himself. In Luke chapter seven, John the
Baptist, sent his disciples to ask Jesus who He was! Interestingly, Jesus did
not say He was the son of a carpenter with no education and no sophisticated
manners. He didn’t say he was from a
little town of Bethlehem. He boldly
said, “Go and tell John the things you
have seen and heard; that the blind see the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed,
the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached to them.” Jesus knew who He was. He knew His value and
purpose on earth. He was humble but He
didn’t look at Himself as less or inferior. He gave full credit to His heavenly
Father.
We
must learn to do the same with our lives. When Jesus died for us on the cross,
His blood made us worthy. We were sinners but His mercy bought us with a great price
and now we are sons and daughters of God. It will be offensive if we did not
accept God’s value on our lives. In God’s eyes, we’re priceless created in His
own image. We don’t have to brag about
ourselves but we can brag on God. We belong to the Royal class we belong to
God’s own family. Shake off the insecurity. Like Cindy, overlook the mole
and accept who you are. You may not be on magazine cover but you’re tattooed on
God’s Hands!
In
case you haven’t heard it lately, you’re beautiful, your future is bright and
you’re extremely valuable. I’m grateful that you’re in my life. I’m praying for you!
“I have engraved you on the palms of my hands” (Isaiah 49:16 NIV).
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