True Value

“To dream of the person you want to be, is to waste the person that you are.” Unknown

It is much harder to be female these days, let alone a young lady. The many pressures that consume our environment have tripled thanks to technology & media, but I have noticed a dangerous rippling effect that is flowing through the upcoming generations of all young people. Many of the pressures we are not putting on ourselves, and we are losing the mentality that we have worth & value.

Instead, we feel we need to compromise our true selves for things that are actually lower than the bar that is set for us. We are walking through a society where people are being taught they have no value. That the many things that surround us everyday, should take precedence over who we truly are.
Where morality is questioned, and immorality flaunted.
As a twenty-something in this new day in age, I understand & see, first hand the opportunities we as ladies are given to trade in our respect that we have for ourselves for nothing quite as valuable. We are bombarded by daily issues, and we have not been equipped properly to handle them.

The Bible shows us how we should look at ourselves.
“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and my soul knoweth right well.”

We know what’s right and what’s wrong, but sometimes the lines get blurred by our own vision. Sometimes, it’s our own fault why we aren’t happy with ourselves. We have allowed ourselves to compromise the true essence of how God made us.
Answer these questions. If we are worth nothing…
Than why did God decide to save us?
Why did Jesus die for our sins, if we are worthless?

If this world has no real respect for who you are, be comforted by the fact that you mean something to the Lord. And yes, it is a fact. If you need proof, read His words.

How powerful words are on earth, think how much power is behind Jesus’ word?
“It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in man” Psalm 118:8

As human beings, we can’t do things right without God. That does not mean we have no value; it means that the Lord values us more than this world, and it is better to seek His ways first above all else.
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33

God gets sorrow when He sees his children fail or fall. He doesn’t want that to happen, but because of the power of choice, He leaves it up to us to choose Him.
Just like we would if we were a parent. It will sadden us when our child does not perform with the best of their ability. If they were simply “coasting” through life.
We were born into sin, a fleshy nature. But we don’t have to be subject to it. We have a choice. We have true value.

When we grow in the knowledge of the Lord, we begin to grow in the knowledge of ourselves. We begin to see and understand why God had made us a certain way and why He has given us special characteristics and skills.
God deals with everyone as individuals. He has given us all gifts for a purpose.
When we begin to seek the Lord, He will begin to show us how we must use those gifts.
When we see how valuable our God is, then we begin to see the value in who we are.

If God didn’t care, why are we still here? Why hasn’t He just killed us off? He can do it. He can speak us out of existence in a moment. But He doesn’t because He loves us, and wants us to flourish.

God is our soul cleaner, and we must not allow ourselves to just look into the water.
If you know the water is there to purify, how long are you going to wait for it to pull you in?
Last time I took a bath, I actually had to take a step into the water first before I became clean.
I didn’t just sit on the rug in front of the tub, waiting for the water to jump out and wash behind my ears.
If that’s ever happened to someone, let me know because that would be an incredible trick!

Have you ever wondered if maybe you’re not waiting on God, but he’s waiting on you?
Don’t be the nail in your own crucifixion. Because there are going to be a lot of people in and out of your life who will try and be that nail. Your not dead yet, and with Jesus you don’t have to be.

The word of the Lord says in Isaiah 1 verses 16-18:
“Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”

God doesn’t want us to hold ourselves back from His hands. And when we realize it’s us and not Him who are putting up the walls between darkness and light, that is when the building can stop. That’s when the light will shine through, to reveal the beauty of how God made you.

We have to remember it’s our responsibility to preserve our own worth. We cannot leave it up to somebody else on this earth because we are all on the same page.
The only thing between you and cleansing, is your own wall.
If anything, be the nail in your own wall.
And allow the Lord’s light to shine on your true value.