How Does God See You?

Have you ever stopped and thought about how your perspective would be different if you saw yourself the way others see you? But more importantly, how does God see me? I have talked with people over the years, and I have heard people say, “Most of my life I have never felt quite enough -  not pretty enough, not outspoken enough, not listened to enough, just not enough, always feeling less than adequate.” 

​Many Christians are experiencing an identity crisis. They know they are saved, but they do not really know what to think about themselves. Let us take a little test. Do you consider yourself a sinner saved by grace or a saint who occasionally sins? Both statements are true, but the first one dwells on your past identity, whereas the second focuses on the Lord’s view of you.

Let me share 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 NLT. 

I am writing to God’s church in Corinth, to you who have been called by God to be his own holy people. He made you holy by means of Christ Jesus, just as he did for all people everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.

May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
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I always thank my God for you and for the gracious gifts he has given you now that you belong to Christ Jesus. Through him, God has enriched your church in every way—with all of your eloquent words and all of your knowledge. This confirms that what I told you about Christ is true. Now you have every spiritual gift you need as you eagerly wait for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ. He will keep you strong to the end so that you will be free from all blame on the day when our Lord Jesus Christ returns. God will do this, for he is faithful to do what he says, and he has invited you into partnership with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.”

If you are a believer, God’s Word says that you are a saint (look at verse 2). But too many of us still see ourselves as the same old sinner, who has been forgiven and patched up and yet is unchanged inside. But the Lord says anyone in Christ “is a new creature; the old things passed away” (2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV). That is what being born again is all about. We can never go back to the way we were.

The solution to this identity crisis is to change the way we think about ourselves. If we do not, we will rely on how we feel, and Satan will bombard us with reminders of our failures and sins. 

Do you realize that Satan has many different tools he uses to get you to think wrong? One of its tools is the opinions of other people. Your parents said things about you. Your peers have said things about you. Your partners have said things about you. Enemies and friends have said things about you. Some of them were true; some of them were not true. But they were all trying to mold you into their image. People all your life have been trying to get you to be what they want you to be, not what God wants you to be. Satan uses the opinions of others to keep you from the true you – what you were meant to be by God.

But the number one tool that Satan uses in your life to cause your true identity to be stolen is to get you to repeat what he has told you. Because he will plant an idea in your mind, a seed, and then he does not have to mention it ever again. You just repeat it over and over and over because you heard it and you believed it: “I am worthless, I’m no good, I’m never going to amount to anything, I can’t do that, I can’t, I can’t.  I should not, I should not. I am ashamed, I am ashamed.” Satan does not have to mess with most of you because he has put an idea in your mind and you just keep repeating it to yourself and now it is part of your identity. “It is just like me to be this way. It is just like me to be that way.” It is part of your identity, and you miss who you truly are.

Satan wants to keep us focused on being a sinner, because he knows that the recognition of our sainthood will lead us to live like saints. We will be motivated and empowered to obey God, and the Devil will lose his foothold in our lives.

Jesus did not come just to save you from hell; He wants to live His life through you. In Christ, you have a new identity that has replaced your old one. If you will focus on who you are now, your actions will follow, and you will experience the enjoyment of a victorious Christian life.

Please let me remind you, you are the sons and daughters of the King, and He made you just the way you are. I want you to learn to embrace that and use the gifts He has given you to be a better you. You are enough, perfectly orchestrated by a God who created you in His image. He loves you just the way you are, and you can love yourself and be all that He created you to be!

You are:
• Created in the image of God. (Genesis 1:27)
• Fearfully and wonderfully made. (Psalm 139:14)
• Precious and honored in His sight. (Isaiah 43:4)
• Redeemed and forgiven. (Ephesians 1:7)
• A new creature in Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
• Holy and blameless before God. (Ephesians 1:4, 1 Corinthians 1:30)
• Chosen by God. (1 Peter 2:9)
• God's masterpiece. (Ephesians 2:10)
• Created with purpose to do great works for God's Kingdom. (Ephesians 2:10)

​Make Every Day Count!