It's worth repeating that "Not only has He (Jesus) released us from slavery to sin but also from the bondage of having to prove our worth".
That is a loaded statement. The world we live in is so big on SUCCESS and accomplishments that we sometimes think we have to be successful or accomplished to be valuable. Not true!
Your worth is not based on your merit, but on the work of Jesus Christ on the cross.
So many people spend so much time, energy, money to look valuable so they can feel valuable. But they only end up frustrated and in despair because their worth is based on what they FEEL about themselves, or how others feel about them, and feelings change with the wind.
Having to prove your worth, or be approved of by everyone, is BONDAGE!! It will chain you up and make you its slave. You will worship the idol of approval and you will pay for it. Your sleep will be disturbed, your relationships surface-level, your emotions fried. It is an empty, unfulfilled life to always be seeking approval and value.
Let me just state it clearly. You are valuable. You are acceptable. You are approved. Not because of what you've made of yourself, but because Jesus made Himself nothing, so He could free you from the bondage of approval addiction!
Stop trying to prove you are worthy, and start praising God because of who you are IN CHRIST!!
Blessings!
