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8 ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE

DISCOVER YOUR

SELF-WORTH

Joyce Meyer

You are Every person on earth needs to know family told me I shouldn’t be doing it. I was
valuable they matter - they need to know they’re even asked to leave the church I was attending
because valuable and they mean something to at the time, and I ended up losing friendships
someone. The problem is when people
that I thought were important to me.
God loves don’t get a good start in life, they often
you and waste their lives searching for self-worth It was a very difficult season, but I discovered
He gave in all the wrong places. that while it’s not always easy to do what God
His only In the world today, people so often base their calls us to do, obedience to Him is always
worth it in the end. Doing things God’s way
Son, Jesus value and importance on what they do, how is the only thing that works in the long run.
Christ, to much education they have, who they know, There are people in your life—I’m talking about
die for you what kind of clothes they wear, how they look, people other than your spouse and children—
their job title, and the list goes on. who may come and go over time, but God will
always be with you because He loves you and
But when worldly standards determine your He promises to never leave you nor forsake
sense of self-worth, you’ll always be striving you (see Hebrews 13:5).
to please people...and it will derail you from
your God-given destiny. The only way to find The bottom line is you are valuable because
true security and have a healthy self-esteem is God loves you and He gave His only Son,
by knowing and experiencing the love of God. Jesus Christ, to die for you. Your worth is
not based on how you look, who you know,
The apostle Paul talks about this in Galatians your title at work or any of the other superficial
1:10. He says: “Am I now trying to win the things the world considers impressive.
favor and approval of men, or of God? Or am
I seeking to please someone? If I were still After Paul met Christ and became a born-
trying to be popular with men, I would not be a again believer, he came to realize that
bond-servant of Christ” (AMP). everything else was meaningless compared
to the priceless privilege of knowing God. I
He’s basically saying, “If I were trying to be absolutely love what he says in Philippians 3:8
popular with people, I wouldn’t be serving “I count everything as loss compared to the
God and know that He loves me.” priceless privilege and supreme advantage of
knowing Christ Jesus my Lord [and of growing
I can say with certainty that if I was trying to more deeply and thoroughly acquainted with
be popular with people, I wouldn’t be doing Him—a joy unequaled]. For His sake I have
what I’m doing today. When God spoke to lost everything, and I consider it all garbage,
my heart about His call on my life to teach so that I may gain Christ.”
the Word, I didn’t receive much support from
those around me. The truth that God loves you is what makes
you valuable. He created you because He
As I began to step out and do what God loves you and wants to have a personal
placed in my heart, some of my friends and relationship with you. He has wonderful plans