You Are valuable beyond measure

You are valuable, you are loved, and someone knows you even better than you know yourself. There is an image and likeness imprinted upon your being that is the basis of your value … a value beyond your wildest dreams.


The one who invented and designed you, stamped you with His own image and likeness.
He knows you better than you know you. He knew you before you were born. You might not know Him, but He has always known you. You might not be aware of Him, but He has always had you on His mind.


You might think ‘why’ … why would anyone have such an obsession with me. Well, the creator of this universe sees a value and a beauty in you beyond anything else.


When, Where and Why you began.

Whatever age you are, you have a beginning that cannot be measured in time.
You have the most awesome origin. In the beginning, before creation, before time as we experience it, before the existence of evil, there was a dynamic exchange of love, a relationship without boundaries. God- The Father, Son and the Spirit- in the very midst of their fiery love, at the core of their passion, the idea of you came into being!


The God who is love planned to share this love with beings created in His image and likeness. This God, who is all-knowing and able to accomplish all of His purposes, planned a love-affair that would span over eons and conclude with a final victory in which His love conquered all – no contradiction; no evil.


This good news is not some new idea, but the ancient, original thought of God.


Let’s imagine this beginning, let’s allow the spirit of God to draw us to this place in which all things had their origin. Although no science can explain it, although the greatest minds have tried and failed to define it, God is confident that you are able to comprehend this; to appreciate the motivation that gave you birth; to remember where you began. In this place there is no space, no limit, no emptiness – there is only God in all His fullness. It is out of His fulness, out of the overflow of love that you are conceived.


God did not imagine a pet that would simply entertain Him! You are His God-dream.  You are a being who has the capacity to intelligently appreciate, to receive, to produce and to exchange the same quality of love that flows within God. His plan is not vague or speculative philosophy, but clear and specific.  And so before the foundation of this world, He saw you in Christ. At this point, He made up His mind about you! No matter what detours, no matter what contradictions would come, He determined that you would be His treasure – blameless and innocent before Him in love.


When did you begin?
Before creation, before time itself.
Where did you begin?
In the very heart of love, a love relationship we call God.
Why did you begin?
To be loved, adored … and ultimately for that love to be awakened in you.


"In the very beginning the Living Expression was already there.
And the Living Expression was with God, yet fully God.
They were together—face-to-face, in the very beginning.
And through his creative inspiration
    this Living Expression made all things,
    for nothing has existence apart from him!
Life came into being because of him,
    for his life is light for all humanity.
And this Living Expression is the Light that bursts through gloom
    the Light that darkness could not diminish!"
John 1:1-5 Passion Translation


Man began in God. No matter how far man has fallen from his original place of innocence, God has never been confused about the true identity of man.


Jesus Christ is the place, the event and the person in which God and man meet once again. In Christ Jesus, God has taken the initiative to reconcile man back to Himself – to restore man to blameless innocence.


Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man, and as such does not only represent God’s initiative, He also represents man’s perfect response of faith to God’s initiative.


Jesus reveals the heart of God more than any other story ever told or any scripture ever written. In Him God reveals that He does not want to be God apart from us. He does not want to be a distant or unknowable God. The only way in which He wants to be God, is with man, in man, and as a man.


Jesus reveals the truth about man more accurately than any other story, or even the factual history of man. In Him we see that the only way to be fully man, the only way to be fully free, is in union with God.


This passion of God to restore man to that place of union, would drive Him to pay any price, to go to any depth to see it accomplished. And so in the act of becoming man, He places Himself in a position of conflict. Everything that has ever stood between God and man, every obstacle and every form of separation (called sin in the Bible) would meet and come to a final conclusion in this God-man, Christ Jesus.


When your timeless Creator became a man, He mystically united Himself with you, so that He could bring an end to everything that stood between you and release you to be fully and truly yourself again. In this unity He faced everything you faced … and conquered! In His death, you died! That old state of being, separated from Him and united with sin, was brought to a final end in Him. He has wiped your slate clean, forgiven you of every wrongdoing.


In His resurrection, you were resurrected to newness of life – that original life that God imagined for you from the beginning. In His ascension, you were raised to the most glorious place of honor – a place where God delights in you!


The only thing that has ever kept you from enjoying these realities, is blindness. Not seeing what He sees, keeps us from enjoying what He enjoys. But these very words you are reading now, are reminding you of your union with Him.


"As for me, because I am innocent I will see your face until I see you for who you really are. Then I will awaken with your form and be fully satisfied, fulfilled in the revelation of your glory in me!" Psalm 17:15 NLT


What should I do?
What do I do with this? How does I even respond to all this revelation?


The good news is that the hard work has already been done for you! Jesus defeated everything that stood between you!  Gratitude … love awakened, is all that’s left to do. Gratitude unleashes FAITH!

Here’s a simple suggestion to give expression to this faith. Turn your focus inward. Become aware of the One who made you and united Himself with you … within you. 
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In your own thoughts and words respond … something like: 
“Thank you for who You are and what You have done for me. As You gave yourself in love to me,  I give myself in love to You. You made me in Your image and likeness. You made me to be loved, Thank You”