You Are Somebody

      I recently heard someone say, “If you’re somebody to anybody, then you are a somebody.” Perhaps that is true. Yet, we rarely feel that way.

      Most of the time we look at the people to whom we are somebody and think, “They are nobodys, who cares if I am somebody to them?” But what if you were somebody to the most powerful being in the universe? Wouldn’t that make you somebody?

      Here is the good news. You are somebody to God. According to John 3:16, you are so important to God He sent His Son to die for you.  The amazing thing is He did that while you were a sinner according to Romans 5:8.

      According to Ephesians 1:5, you are so important to God He has adopted you as His child.

      According to I Peter 1:4-5, you are so important to God He protects you by His power through your faith and has reserved an inheritance for you in heaven.

      According to I Corinthians 10:13, you are so important to God He refuses to let you be tempted beyond what you are able but always provides the way of escape.

      According to I Thessalonians 4:16-17, you are so important to God He is planning to send Jesus back someday to bring you home to Him. Then you will be able to live with God forever.

       As amazing as it seems, God does not see you as all the sins you committed in your past. He sees you through the cleansing blood of Christ. He sees you as “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession” (I Peter 2:9).

      Through the blood of Jesus Christ, God has chosen you to be part of His very special people. Not only that, but you, like the special priests of old, are able to come into His presence and offer spiritual sacrifices to Him (I Peter 2:5).

      I Peter 4:10-11 explains that God has granted you special gifts with which to serve Him and the rest of His children. Too often, we think we cannot do anything important. However, God has actually granted each of us gifts. We must simply figure out what we can do and do it.

      I Corinthians 12:18 says that God has placed you in His body exactly where He wants you. That is, He knows that you are specially suited to accomplish some work right where you are. That is how much faith He has in you.

      Ephesians 3:20-21 demonstrates that God views you as one of His chosen vessels through whom He can work in the world accomplishing far more than you can ask or think.

      The reality is, you aren’t just somebody to anybody. You are somebody to God. Never forget that.

Edwin L. Crozier