Daily Devotional

GOD’S INTIMATE AND LOVING KNOWLEDGE OF YOU

January 8

ost prized of your Father, in many families, certain children may tend to feel more prized than others. Some children do not think that they are as cherished or wanted as others in families. Do you have that problem? If this is true, then your Heavenly Father wants to remind you that you are "the apple of His eye."(Psalm 17:8) You are "a royal priesthood, a holy nation."(I Peter 2:9) You are also, the result of much planning and thought in a loving attitude which went into the creation of you! Do you believe this? It is so! Into the lives of many of my children the Evil One has sown insecurities and even false statements which follow many to the last days of their lives. Indeed, you may not have felt that you were the most loved or cherished person in your family. However, in your Father's household your "name is written in the palm of His hand."(Isaiah 49:16) Your hair color and eyes, and the size and shape of your hands or body is greatly cherished and loved by Him. You may look at yourself and say, "I am so ugly and unattractive, how can anyone love me?" These physical qualities are unimportant to your Father. You may have handicaps to overcome which may be far greater in the spiritual realm than in the physical. Your physical body lasts only a short while. Then the child of God is given a new perfect body in heaven to inhabit forever! Rejoice in your Father, and in His perfect plan for having brought you into the world! You have the privilege of calling me "Father, Lord and Savior." What a blessing! Give thanks!

Prayer

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Father, you are my blessing! I have focused on what I do not have rather than on my great salvation and other blessings uncountable. Forgive me Lord. Lead me to a higher place than I now inhabit, in the name of the Lord Jesus, amen!