It’s Not Where You are that Matters

In my reading last week I came upon an article about the value of a bottle of water.  The author compared how much a bottle of water was worth based on where it was located.  In a grocery store the bottle of water would cost about one dollar.  In a convenience store the same bottle of water could cost three dollars.  At a ballgame it could cost five dollars.  And at an airport it could cost seven dollars for the same exact bottle of water that was only a dollar at the grocery store.  The value of the water had nothing to do with the water itself but where it was located.

I got thinking about this and how it pertains to us and how God loves us no matter who we are, what we have done and where we are at…He still loves us and cares for us.  The value that God places on you has nothing to do with where you are at.  You could be far from God today caught up in things you know you should not be doing.  You could be doubting God because you have been praying for something and have not receive an answer from Him.  You could be someone who has never really given your life to God.  It does not matter to God because He still loves you and wants so much to care for you.  In Ephesians 2:4-9 it reminds us…

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, …

Where are you at in your own life today?  Are you feeling lost or discouraged?  Please know that God wants to get you out of that place you are at right now and bring you to Him, but the choice is yours.  His grace, mercy and forgiveness are available to us wherever we are at.  All we have to do is to call on Him and have faith.

How would it feel to always be encouraged just when you need encouragement?  How would it feel to be given wisdom and strength to make the right decisions in your life?  How would it feel to have someone know exactly how you feel right now, and will walk with you and help you in any situation?  How would it feel to be loved when sometimes we don’t?  This is what Jesus can do because of his love for you.  Will you choose Jesus today, because He has already chosen you.