HE IS WORTHY

Let me talk about just how Worthy God is for just a moment here! A lot of these thoughts were shared with me by a friend this evening and they have given me so much healing!

HE IS WORTHY!!!

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." ~ Jim Elliot

A lot of us have heard this quote, but have you ever thought of the following?

Think about some things in this life that you may have lost, maybe it's a relationship, maybe it's sexual purity due to abuse, maybe it's that Date Night you really felt that you needed; maybe it's emotional, maybe it's a loved one. Whatever it may be, just think about it for a minute if you can.

Now look at the above quote again; ^ notice this part: "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep..."

Are you willing to give up that loss? It was something you could not keep; it was something temporal in this life and that's an encouragement because it wasn't something eternal that you lost, but something that would not last forever. So if you are willing to make that sacrifice for God, you are not a fool! I'm not talking about grieving here for whenever you lose something you are very much allowed to grieve; I am talking about the idols that we all want to hold on to. I'm talking about things that God has taken from you and you want to keep holding on to them and because of that it is hurting you relationship with Him. Are you willing to answer God's call in giving up things that He is asking You to give up?

This may sound sad, and annoying, but just think of it! You have so much more to gain in giving up this temporal thing. And it's things that you will never be able to lose; these are eternal things. "...to gain that which he cannot lose."

Most of the time when we lose something in this life we think of it as a negative thing and it may cause us to blame God. When God does good things for us we often want to praise Him and give Him a whole lot of credit and tell the world about. But why don't we want to do that when something "bad" happens to us? When it hurts? When we just hate it?! It is because we are looking at the loss in a very wrong perspective.

God is Worthy! Do you believe that? Do you really believe that God is WORTHY?! God is Valuable! Do you believe that?! Is there anything in your life right now that you would consider more valuable than God? If so, that thing/person is your idol and you are in sin.

Some truths about God and Things:

1. God is more valuable than anything I could ever lose in this life.

2. God's love is more valuable than anyone's love.

3. God is worthy enough for me to give up or lose anything for.

4. God deserves more glory and worthy than anything.

There are some things that I have lost in my life. And I often have a tendency to blame Him for taking those things away. But today I found a new perspective. I ought to praise God that He found Me worthy enough to suffer and sacrifice in that way for Him. God sees me as chosen and worthy. And because of the things that I have suffered I can stand before God's enemies and praise God to their face because He is worthy. When the enemy tells me that I am not worthy; I am not loved; I am selfish; I am not wanted; etc when he throws his darts at me and says all kinds of hateful things, I can stand and say, "God says I am worthy! God says I am worthy to suffer for Him! He says 'This is Lizzie’s opportunity to praise MY NAME and to see that I AM WORTHY!'" What is the enemy going to say to that?!

God sees me as worthy! God's love is enough! I will be willing to sacrifice for Him because He is worthy! I will be willing to thank Him for the suffering and losses I have had in my past because He is worthy. My sufferings and pains give me opportunity to Praise His Name and to see His work in my life. They give me the opportunity to sit in His presence and cry tears of joy because He is worthy and He has not taken away eternal treasures, but things I could not have kept anyway. And by taking away these things He has drawn me closer to Himself. He is worthy! I just can't express that enough!

Will anyone else agree with me that HE IS WORTHY ENOUGH?! Will you stand with me and say that He is worthy to sacrifice for and to live for?