"Being Content With Who We Are"

By Zach Wood

Psalm 139:14

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. 

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

 

 

Who are we?  We are children of God made in the beautiful image of God.  He has made each and every one of us very special and unique.  We have been carefully hand crafted and created delicately.  God made each of us unlike any other person.

 

Sometimes, we tend to forget how wonderful and precious God made us.  We are set apart and need to be content with who we are in Christ, but we tend to look at other people's qualities and traits and wish we were them.  This is quite easy for us to do.  There is nothing wrong with admiring others for their qualities, but we must be careful to not wish to be just like them.  When we see these traits and qualities, we should be driven more to study God's Word so that our desire will then be to become more like Him instead of wanting to be just like the person we admire.  No matter how Godly that person is, that person is not God.  We must be directed to Him.

 

God loves us just as we are and we do not have to be any special way for Him to love us more.  His love for us is constant and never changing.  Max Lucado says in his book "Just Like Jesus" that "God loves you just the way you are, but He refuses to leave you that way.  He wants you to be just like Jesus."  How very true that statement is?

 

God refuses for us to remain as we are in our walk with Him.  His desire is for us to be become more and more like Him every day.  With the pressures of this world, we are tempted to compare ourselves to others who seem to be better than we are.  It is easy to become dissatisfied with who we are when we see others who seem to have better qualities.  However, the trust of the matter is that there are people who look at us and see qualities they want and desire to be more like us.

 

We must be content with only being the child that God has created us to be.  Our qualities and traits are special and He does not want us to lose sight of that.  Being content with who we are in Christ is where we find peace and assurance.