The world can be an unfriendly and unkind place sometimes. It can frequently leave you battered and bruised. However, there’s hope. The blessing is that this is not your final home. Because you have a relationship with Jesus, you have an eternal promise. Hebrews 13:14 says, “For this world is not our permanent home; we are looking forward to a home yet to come.”
But, while you are here, in this world, it’s great to know that God cares what happens to you. He sees you and in His eyes, you are many things that the world does not see. He says:
You are set free from the law of sin and death.
And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death. (Romans 8:2)
You are righteous and holy in Christ.
God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin. (1 Corinthians 1:30)
You are a new creation.
This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! (2 Corinthians 5:17)
You are loved, chosen and blameless in God’s eyes.
Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. (Ephesians 1:4)
You are God’s work of art.
For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (Ephesians 2:10)
Never forget that God sees you. When the voices of this world try to make you believe you are not good enough, bright enough, pretty enough or holy enough, remember that your Heavenly Father has already spoken. Listen to who He says you are.
Thereafter, Hagar used another name to refer to the Lord, who had spoken to her. She said, “You are the God who sees me.”(Genesis 16:13a NLT)
