You Matter to God

I saw this on a window sticker on someone’s vehicle this morning on the way to work, and have to say, it really struck me as important this morning. Not that’s it’s something I didn’t already know… but I guess it’s something I needed to have repeated to me. Anyway, the window sticker simply said…

You matter to God.

Four words… a very simple statement… but one that’s mind boggling.

Out of everything God has created… with everything going on in the entire universe… with so many things that would seem to be more important going on that you’d think would hold God’s attention… we matter to God. What’s more? It’s not just that we matter to Him in some sort of generic, non-specific way… but He’s interested in every detail of our lives… He knows everything about us (to the very number of hairs on our heads)… He knows everything we’re struggling with… He knows everything we want and need… He knows just how to comfort us… He knows it all. We matter to Him, not just enough that He’d be aware of all these things… but that He actively works in our lives each day, guiding us and directing us… that He knew our spiritual need, and despite the unbelievably precious cost… He willingly gave His only Son to die for our sins.

You matter to God. I matter to God.

Dwell on that thought for a bit today. Amazing, isn’t it?