Upgrade in Love by Leif Hetland

Author:Leif Hetland
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780578735856
Publisher: BookBaby

YOUR TRUE VALUE

Until we capture that sense of love for ourselves and come into agreement with God’s thoughts toward us, we will always have root issues that keep us from being who we were called to be. So it is important to ask: In what areas of your life is it difficult for you to love yourself well? In what areas do you tend to say yes simply because you are striving to find love and acceptance? In what ways do you need to take better care of yourself because of the value God has placed on you?

I saw a visual illustration a few years ago that helped me understand value. I had been waiting in a church parking lot before people had started arriving for the service, and I saw two old cars come in and park near each other, with a space in between. The cars weren’t terrible, but I could tell they had not been well cared for. A little while later, I heard the beautiful sound of a new Corvette come into the lot —black, chrome wheels, 400 horsepower, a high-performance machine. The driver of the Corvette could have parked between the two older cars, but instead he parked at a distance. He understood the value of his car, and he didn’t want to squeeze in between cars that had not been valued. After all, if their owners didn’t value their own cars, they might not be careful with his when they opened their doors. And at that moment, I heard a little voice: “Do you see how the cars in this parking lot doubled in average value when this car came in?”

God values each one of us enormously. Jesus did not come to fix old clunkers; He came to restore us to a brand-new look. When we take care of ourselves, we are acknowledging the value He has given us. Just as no one would pour contaminated fuel into a car like that or leave trash in the back seat, we need to put good fuel in our bodies and take care of ourselves. We need times of refreshing to make sure we don’t get worn out. We need to spend time in the Father’s presence being renewed and restored. We need to value ourselves the way He values us.

You are extremely valuable. When you can see how much you are loved and come into agreement with God in His love for you, you will begin to find tangible ways to love yourself. You will start to see that the love you have received is the love you are becoming. That love becomes more than a revelation and an impartation; it becomes an activation. You get filled up and begin to overflow.

As you think through this chapter, consider these questions:

• What signs do you see of not loving yourself the way God loves you?

• In what ways have you devalued yourself or let others devalue you?

• What things do you say yes to when you

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