For When You Feel You Don't Measure Up

I, Zechariah, raised my eyes and looked:
there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
I asked, “Where are you going?”
He answered, “To measure Jerusalem,
to see how great is its width and how great its length.”

Then the angel who spoke with me advanced,
and another angel came out to meet him and said to him,
“Run, tell this to that young man:
People will live in Jerusalem as though in open country,
because of the multitude of men and beasts in her midst.
But I will be for her an encircling wall of fire, says the LORD,
and I will be the glory in her midst.”

-Zec 2:2-5

Friends have you ever tried to measure yourself? Not your height or your weight but your value, and your worth? Have you ever tried to look and see how you compare to others? Maybe taking a self inventory you can see that your good at this, but not so good here or there. Maybe you feel not good at anything...or maybe pride has crept in so deep that you can't see your faults. Whatever the measuring stick you use, your value is greater than can be measured just as Jerusalem was too vast to be measured. Your value and worth have nothing to do with your job, your bank account, your looks, or your accomplishments. Your worth is determined in Christ's love for you that He laid himself down to die for you.  Just as the angel proclaimed " But I will be for her an encircling wall of fire, says the LORD, and I will be the glory in her midst.”  

Friends can you imagine that? Imagine God as an encircling wall of fire for your heart. Imagine Him being the glory in your midst. You friend are beautiful. You are His beloved. Let the God of all creation step in and be the one to measure you for His standard is love. In love He sees you in your brokenness, your places where you fail and falter. Your places where you succeed and in all of them He says " But I will be for her an encircling wall of fire, says the LORD, and I will be the glory in her midst.”


Friends let Him be your wall of fire. Let Him be the glory in your midst. Let Him fill the empty places.

Peace be with you my friend.

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