Overcoming: Devotions from Time of GraceSample

Uniqueness and Loneliness

We all know we are uniquely made, but that doesn't mean we necessarily like it--right? Do you ever wish that you were not so different? If you're biracial, you might feel like you belong nowhere. People from both cultures make you feel like an outsider. Maybe God built you stocky, but you dream of being skinny. Maybe you're proud that you broke a gender barrier, but now you are the only female in an office of 40 men.

But you know what? God loves diversity. If he fussed enough over creation to make every snowflake different, he certainly didn't want human communities of clones.

The beauty of this is that God builds unity out of the wild diversity of all believers on the planet. Galatians 3:28 says, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." Nobody has greater value before God than anybody else.

There's a reason why you are designed the way you are and have been placed where you are. Ask for God's help today to understand and appreciate better the value of your own uniqueness.