Unimportant

Self-loving……. Self-respecting……..Confident…… Important

I don’t know about you, but when I see these words I am utterly uncomfortable. Not one of these words pops into my brain when I describe myself. “Well, I guess I’m an ok person.” It would be hypocritical of me to tell you all that I have it all together when it comes to who I am as a person. Honestly a lot of the time I don’t just love me. The truth is………. (dun, dun, duh) I don’t a lot of the time. The word that comes to mind as my feelings as of this very moment is more so something like: unimportant. Quite the opposite of our little word bank. Doesn’t that word just sting? Unimportant. One thought of that word and you’re fired up and want to cry all at the same time. It’s not fair. Why me? Is there something wrong with me? Am I really unimportant?

Ladies and gents, if you have ever felt this way then you are not alone here! Unimportantness, yes I know it’s not really a word, is just a symptom of our bigger issue; sin. When sin entered the world so did such characteristics as pride, greed, laziness, and, you know, unimpotantness. When we let sin have a peek into our hearts it throws everything out of whack. We feel worthless because that’s exactly what sin wants us to believe. The issue is not a matter of whether or not you matter; it’s a matter of where you’re focus lies. When my heart is chasing after something worldly, maybe good, but still worldly, I look for my self-worth in that thing. I find my importance in whatever has my heart. We are all that way. Maybe you are struggling as well. Maybe you find your worth in how you dress, or different relationships, or in your abilities, or in your status to the world around you. It could be a number of things. But sadly nothing will ever make us feel valued. Everything will fall short in bringing us joy and satisfaction.

But there is One who calls you loved, chosen, special, and so very important. There is One who will never leave you feeling worthless. His Name is Jesus and He loves you just as you are and He always will. He values each of us so much that He bled and died on a tree and conquered hell to save us from our sin and to have a relationship with you and me. He is the definition of true joy and love. Nothing can take you from Him and nothing can make Him love you less.

So….. what it boils down to is this: when we do not put Him first and let something or someone else have that front row seat we will feel unimportant. Real confidence is found in Jesus and what He is in us.

“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.” Psalm 139:13-15

You are important.

-Heather Grace