February 11, 2023
Daily Devotion:
"Love Who God Has Made Us to Be"
Matthew 22:39
New International Version
And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Learning to accept and love ourselves is the pathway to authenticity, because if we reject ourselves and refuse God's love for us, we will not be free to be ourselves. Instead, we will live a life of pretense, choosing to do what we think will make us acceptable to others rather than what we honestly believe we should do. Even though our hearts scream no in certain situations, we will find our mouths saying yes to the things people want us to do.
Let me ask you: Do you love yourself? To love yourself is to accept the unconditional love of God with your whole heart, to see yourself as He sees you, and to rejoice and be at peace with who He has created you to be. I am noticed talking about loving yourself in a selfish or self-centered way, but loving the unique you that God created you to be. This healthy self-love is not based on what you do right or wrong, but on who you are in Christ. Truly Believing that God loves you unconditionally is the foundation for relationship with Him, with yourself, and with others.
No one will love everything they do, but we should all love who God has made us to be.
