Have you ever wondered how God really sees you?
Not how others define you. Not how your doubts describe you. But how your Creator, the One who formed you with intention and care, sees you right now?
We live in a world that conditions us to compare, compete, and critique ourselves constantly. But God invites us into something different—something freeing. He wants us to see ourselves through His eyes. When you begin to understand your value to God, something powerful happens: your confidence grows, and so does your capacity to live out the purpose He designed for your life.
But you must Let Go of the Lies!
Insecurity doesn’t discriminate. If you’ve struggled with your appearance, abilities, or place in the world, those feelings aren’t from God. In fact, they directly oppose what He says and thinks about you.
If you’ve ever thought:
- “I’m not good enough.”
- “I don’t matter.”
- “I have nothing to offer.”
Let this be the moment you start replacing those lies with truth.
“I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well.”
— Psalm 139:14 NKJV
God calls you marvelous. Not broken. Not average. Marvelous!
A Glimpse from Heaven
Following the plane crash I survived, I was given the extraordinary experience of seeing heaven. And what I saw changed everything. In heaven, people are seen—and celebrated—for exactly how God made them. Their uniqueness doesn’t divide. It glorifies. There’s no shame. No insecurity. No one is trying to be someone else. Everyone radiates God’s design with great joy–seeing themselves and every other person through God’s perfect love and creative intent.
Different skin tones, personalities, and features all reflected God’s brilliance. The diversity that often divides us here on earth becomes a beautiful display of worship and creativity in heaven. Imagine seeing yourself that way—through the lens of eternity.
“Keep me as the apple of Your eye.”
— Psalm 17:8 NKJV
Heaven doesn’t waste time comparing. It praises the masterpiece of each person.
Don’t Agree With the Accuser
The Bible calls Satan the “accuser of the brethren” (Revelation 12:10). His tactics haven’t changed. He whispers doubt and self-hate to keep us from living as the people God created us to be. But you were chosen before the foundation of the world. You have a purpose—one worth fighting for.
“Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love.”
— Ephesians 1:4
The Mindshift You Need
Transformation doesn’t come by trying harder to believe in yourself. It comes by believing what God says about you.
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind…”
— Romans 12:2 NKJV
You’re not meant to just reject negative thoughts—you’re meant to replace them. Every time insecurity rises up, answer with the truth: “That’s not true. God says I’m fearfully and wonderfully made.” Over time, the truth will take root deeper than the lies ever did.
A Prayer to Reset Your Thinking
Pray this today—and any time you need to realign your thoughts with God’s truth:
“Thank You, Father, that I am perfectly made in the image of Christ. You have known me since before the world began, and You formed me in my mother’s womb. I am the apple of Your eye. Thank You for making me, loving me, and preparing a marvelous plan for my life.” Say it until you believe it.
Final Thought
You are not your failures. You are not your insecurities. You are not what the world says you should be. You are who God says you are—and that truth can rewrite your entire future.
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says the Lord, “thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
— Jeremiah 29:11
He sees you. He loves you. And He has great things in store.
And remember, with God, nothing is impossible.
Capt. Dale Black
Here is the last scene from my fiction novella, A Walk Through Heaven, in which I imagine two angels giving me a tour of heaven and showing me many of the things eyewitnesses reported in my book Heaven Is Beyond Imagination. This is a composite combination of what Dale and other eyewitnesses saw that relates directly to this message about valuing who we are in God’s eyes.
Jacob said, “It is time for you to go. You have one more appointment and then I will be taking you back.”
He took me back along a golden pathway to a building I hadn’t seen before. We went in and sat in chairs looking out through a large window directly into Earth.
Jesus appeared before us. He smiled at me with the warmest smile I have ever received and his eyes pierced me with love and complete acceptance. I knew in an instant in that gaze that I was loved more than I could possibly know and all the wrong I had done or good I had not done were completely forgiven and forgotten. I had his total loving acceptance in a way that made me whole and complete like I had never previously experienced. I was totally the way he created me to be without any reservation. I cannot describe the joy that flooded my soul to be in his presence like this.
We talked about many things. I brought up times I knew I had done wrong and he said, “I know, Jacques, there were many times you disappointed me and times you didn’t do what I wanted you to. But all those were forgiven when you accepted me into your heart, even the ones that came after that. That never changed my love for you and my desire to bless you and allow you to serve me. I was always with you no matter what you did. I always replaced my disappointment with bringing new ways for you to have joy and to serve me. When you didn’t allow me to bless you and use you the way I wanted, I just found other ways to bless and use you after that.”
He told me funny things he caused to happen in my life, like the time the spaghetti noodle went out my nose when I sneezed. He said he made that happen because he wanted me to enjoy the life he gave me. Seeing Jesus’ joy with me made our time together not only an inspiration but also a very joyful humorous time together. His sense of humor exceeds that of anyone on Earth.
Then we talked about the times I did do what he wanted and he told me more people than I knew were blessed because I gave them a glimpse of him in what I did and shared. He reminded me that along with the vision of how my first wife was full of joy, beauty, healing, and confidence, he had told her to tell me that he was pleased with me. I remembered that and how it blessed me, but now to hear it again from Jesus himself I am humbled to know that God not only loves me, forgives me, and gives me joy, but he is also proud of me. The Lord of all is proud of me! That is more than I have ever expected from God; it is an honor I have trouble believing I deserve. That along with his love and acceptance and joy in my presence continues to be a treasure to my soul.
Even now since I have returned to Earth and am writing this book, the memory of His love and acceptance affects everything I do and is my chief motivation. I really want to please Him since He loves and trusts me so much. I now have an eternal view and my priorities are now based on the remembrance of this time in Jesus’ presence. I now know for real that He will take care of me, more than He takes care of sparrows, no matter what the world or Satan throws at me. I know no one can kill me; they can only free my spirit from my body enabling me to come here forever.
“Jacques, do you see the world out there?” he asked.
“Yes”
“I want you to go back there and tell everyone you can about this visit. I am coming back very soon to take all my own to be with me and to sit down at the celebration supper of the Lamb. I want them to know how wonderful my preparations for them are so no one that I love and died to save will miss this. My Father does not allow any anger, hate, greed, jealousy, envy, covetousness, or anything unloving here to spoil the beauty of this place. I will be with you as you write this story and I will be with you and open doors for you to tell it. I love you my dear Jacques. You are a good servant and you bless me.”
“I don’t know what to say. I am floored at how much you love me and accept me, even flawed old me. I will tell this story and look for the doors you will open to tell this story. I can’t thank you enough for all you have given me.”
With that He hugged me. Jacob took my hand and we beamed out the window toward the Earth I saw.
This is one of what I call a “God moment”. I have been dealing with allot of self-worth questions… esp. with the job I do I deal with many people every day that do not say kind things. I just want to say this message was very timely for me. now I have a question: if you want to answer it. How does a person know their self-worth without pride? thank you for sending this out
Thank you for sharing that—it really means a lot. And your question is a great one.
True self-worth isn’t prideful when it’s rooted in God’s view of us, not our own. Pride says “look at me,” but godly confidence says, “look what God has done.” You’re valuable because He made you and loves you—just like everyone else. Psalm 139:14 reminds us: “I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” That’s not pride—it’s praise.
It’s not about thinking too highly of yourself, but thinking rightly, through God’s truth. That’s humility. 💛
Praying you keep seeing yourself the way He does. He’s using you, even in hard places!