Pick Yourself Up!;

 

“And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.”

—Matthew 10:30

Self-reliance is a quality that all people should embrace. The ability to pick yourself up and keep going when things become challenging in one’s life is a precious gift from God.

Believers in the Lord Jesus Christ draw their strength and protection from the faithfulness and care of the God who loves them. Note Jesus'’ own words, as recorded in Matthew 10:29-31:

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

God will care for us even more so than He cares for the other creatures He has created. We bear His image, the Imago Dei, that other creatures do not bear. We alone of all creation have this unique connection to our Father/Creator.

As the Genesis account records, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—the Triune God—said in Genesis 1:26:

Let us make mankind in Our image.

Take heart this day. Your self-reliance is rightly built on the foundation of God's love and grace.

 

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