Life Boat

It almost seems inevitable: the judgments, comparisons, and criticisms that fill each of our days, each of our hours, each of our minutes, down to every second. Sometimes we don't even realize that we're doing it-- we have programmed ourselves to do it so much. It drains our energy and tires us, leaving us exhausted as well as ashamed.

Humans have always been concerned about who is stronger, who is faster, who is smarter, who is prettier, who is better. Our society has centered around comparison, causing us to strive to be the best. In our minds, our worth is solely dependent upon our place in the line of accomplishments, success, and status. We base ourselves off of other people. We create our identity by analyzing the abilities of others.

We blame ourselves, we give ourselves guilt over the things that we are not guilty of. We never expect others to be the person that we expect ourselves to be. Thus, we set ourselves up for a painful struggle in our mind. So often, we find that we don't feel like we suffice. That we are not good enough: simply because we are not the BEST at ____ whatever that may be.

You've probably heard this analogy before: If we were all in a lifeboat and supplies were running low, we would ask ourselves "who on this boat is the most worthy?" or "who is best? who deserves to survive?" What if we set aside our comparisons? What if we accepted ourselves? What would it mean if we were to realize the truth: God does not love us for our qualities. God accepts us. God loves us. Our worth has nothing to do with how beautiful, smart, or impressive we are. Our worth comes from God- He has shown us that and He has promised us that. He loves us. When we allow Him to accept us as He actually has already done, we will realize that nothing and nobody defines us besides God.