God Doesn’t Just Love Our Best Version
God doesn’t love only the best version of us—the one that prays every day, follows His commandments, and lives an exemplary life.
It wasn’t just that version of us that received salvation. Jesus came to heal, transform, and renew those in need. He loved and still loves our imperfect, broken, and flawed version. We have been rescued!
Reconciled
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Romans 5:8
God does not expect perfection from us. He knows our struggles, our mistakes, and our weaknesses, but He desires that we strive to become more like Jesus.
When we stray from His will, when we make mistakes, or even when we rebel against His plans, He doesn’t abandon us.
He sent His Son so that, even in our imperfect state, we could be reconciled with Him. God loves us not for what we do right but for who we are in Him, regardless of our faults.
Our mistakes are not accepted or loved by Him, and we must seek change and transformation. However, we are received by Him above and beyond our errors because His love is unconditional.
Graced
“But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on Him, and by His wounds we are healed.”
Isaiah 53:5
When Jesus died for us, He offered more than salvation; He offered the chance for real change.
His death on the cross was not just to forgive our sins but to give us the opportunity to be reshaped in His image—what was lost to sin.
This doesn’t mean we will be perfect immediately, but His grace equips us each day to grow. He is always available to teach us to be more like Jesus. Even when we fail, God welcomes us, and His mercy invites us to keep moving forward, allowing Him to reorganize our lives anew.
Renewed
“We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.”
Isaiah 53:6
In our brokenness, we often feel directionless, confused, and lost. But when we fix our eyes on Christ, we find true comfort.
God sees us in our imperfect state and pours out His restorative strength to reorganize our lives. That’s why the church is often called a hospital—we don’t need to be healed before we attend, but even in our sickness, we must decide to seek help and renewal.
When we surrender to Him, God enters our most vulnerable moments and brings order to chaos, peace to anguish. He is the solution that helps us rise after a fall and move forward, guiding us toward the abundant life He has prepared for us.
