Day 15

God likes you. It may seem others don’t like you. Or maybe you don’t like yourself. But God likes you and completely accepts you. In fact, God more than likes you. He loves you!..
God’s acceptance is not based on your performance. In fact, it’s not based on anything you do. It’s based on who He is and what Jesus did. In a sense, God says to you: “You are acceptable because I created you, love you, and sent my Son to die for you.”..
God’s acceptance is important to understand—because the deepest wounds in life often come from rejection..
We’ve all experienced rejection. That’s why we spend much of our lives trying to earn acceptance from our parents, peers, and friends—from those we respect and from those we envy..
This drive to be accepted influences the kinds of clothes we wear, cars we drive, houses we buy, and careers we choose..
Here’s the good news!..
Long before He laid down earth’s foundations, He had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of His love, to be made whole and holy by His love.. (Ephesians 1:4)
You have been chosen by God Himself. What an incredible truth!..
Before He chose to make the sun, the oceans, the birds, and everything else, He chose you. That’s how acceptable you are to God..
When the King of kings has proven His love for you, does anything else matter?..
“That’s how much you mean to Me! That’s how much I love you! I’d sell off the whole world to get you back, trade the creation just for you…..” (Isaiah 43:4)