Just to satisfy your curiosity before you go any further into this post, the above photo was taken by Voyager 1 from more than 3.7 billion miles outside our atmosphere. Can you see the very small, blue speck about two-thirds of the way down in the orange ray of light? That’s us. Planet earth, as big as it may seem to you and me, is really nothing more than a speck of dust in the infinite realm of outer space. Now hold that thought as you read this Scripture.

“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
But made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.”

               -Philippians 2:5-8

You and I are temporary residents on a temporary planet. We drive temporary cars, live in temporary houses and are ourselves often consumed with temporary pursuits. Yet the Lord of all Creation – the very One Who spoke and created our galaxy and the hundreds of billions of stars it contains –  took on flesh and died a horrible death on our behalf. We may be nothing more than a blue speck in a photograph from NASA, but we are greatly valued in the eyes of God for reasons beyond human comprehension.

Whatever you’re facing today, be reminded of God’s amazing love for you. Your life is worth something to Him, not because any of us are technically significant, but because we are created in His image and for His glory. He so loved you that He gave His only begotten Son (John 3:16). Believe on Him today.