Monday August 26
"Thank you for
making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is
marvelous.” Ps 139:14 NLT
Mirror, Mirror on
the Wall (2)
So, how should you view the role of your physical
appearance? (1) With gratitude. Thank God for the unique person He
created you to be. You’re not the result of random genetics. You’re a genuine
"one-off,” designed by God to fill a slot no one else can fill. He is
what makes you who you are! "You made all the delicate, inner parts of my
body and knit me together in my mother’s womb” (v. 13 NLT). "Thank you for
making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous.” You didn’t
come from an assembly line like some product designed to fulfill a quota. No,
you received the detailed, individualized focus of the Divine Architect. The
Psalmist said, "You watched me as I was being formed… as I was woven
together in…the womb” (v. 15 NLT). Now, that’s attention at the highest level,
right? So give God thanks: you were created, inspected and approved in heaven
before you moved a muscle on earth. (2) With understanding. Discover
God’s purpose for your life. You weren’t designed to impress others or to seek
their approval. In God’s eyes, your looks are not the measure of your worth.
"The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward
appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart” (1Sa 16:7 NLT). Start seeing
yourself as God sees you. Ultimately, His opinion is the only one that matters.
Indeed, "He decided in advance that [his people] would be conformed to the
image of his Son” (Ro 8:29 CEB). Rejoice! God won’t be finished working on you
until He’s made you just like Jesus.
Taken from the Word for You Today devotional
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