As we grow and mature in life we go through a process of learning to know who we are. We struggle with self-esteem, motivation and self-discovery. As a Christian, we also go through this as we learn who we are in Christ, and how much we are loved by God. I personally did not really learn to love and appreciate myself until I got a grasp on how much God loved me, and how important I am to Him. This knowledge gave me worth in His eyes and was more powerful in shaping me than anyone or anything.
God tells us who we are to Him in His Word. Psalm 139 is filled with His love for us. Here are a few verses: 1-6, 14-15
O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
5 You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it….. 13 For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
Isaiah also gives us a picture of God’s love for us in Isaiah 43:1-2, 4,7
But now thus says the Lord,
he who created you, O Jacob,
he who formed you, O Israel:
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by name, you are mine.
2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
and the flame shall not consume you.
4 Because you are precious in my eyes,
and honored, and I love you,
7 everyone who is called by my name,
whom I created for my glory,
whom I formed and made.”
God loves us beyond measure and we were created for His glory. His love was ultimately shown when He sent Christ to die for our sins and restore us to relationship with Him that was broken by sin. Galatians 2:20 gives Paul’s testimony of who He is in Christ. Let it be ours too. “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
I pray that as you meditate on these verses you will catch of glimpse of how much God loves you and desires a relationship with you. You are important to Him! Know that you 
were loved even before you were created and you are held precious in His eyes. That is true worth, to know and understand you are loved by God. Let your life be governed by His love and let your identity be in and with Christ.
Linda
Fearless Living 