Max Lucado once shared the following statement about just how much God loves you: “If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it. If he had a wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning. Whenever you want to talk, he’ll listen. He can live anywhere in the universe, and he chose your heart. And the Christmas gift he sent you in Bethlehem? Face it, friend. He’s crazy about you.”1
Did you know that God is always thinking about you and He has amazing thoughts towards you, for we read: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11) In addition, He has a great number of these wonderful thoughts, for (Psalm 139:17-18) proclaims: “How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand…”
And if this was not convincing enough to show you just how special you are to God consider the following: You are created in God’s image, a masterpiece of His creative genius. (Genesis 1:27). You are a treasured possession to Jesus. ( Deuteronomy 14:2). In Christ you are on the pathway to having maximum meaning, joy, and pleasures. (Psalm 16:11). God has a myriad of precious thoughts toward you. (Psalm 139:17-18). In Christ, Jesus is your one true God and He is always with you to strengthen, help, and uphold you. (Isaiah 41:10). God is not only your heavenly “Abba” Father but you are a joint heir with Christ. (Romans 8:16-17). In addition, the Holy Spirit lives inside of you making you a temple of God. (1 Corinthians 3:16). And finally, in Christ, you are chosen, royal, holy, and special to God. (1 Peter 2:9). My friends let’s face it, in the words of Max Lucado, God is plain “crazy about you!”
Loved it! And if He’s crazy about us, we have to be crazy about Him too!