“’Here is the king’s spear,’ David answered. ‘Let one of your young men come over and get it. The Lord rewards everyone for their righteousness and faithfulness. The Lord delivered you into my hands today, but I would not lay a hand on the Lord’s anointed. As surely as I valued your life today, so may the Lord value my life and deliver me from all trouble.’” 1 Samuel 26:22-24

Lord God, I don’t think about this enough-that I matter to you, that my life, the breaths that I take are all important to you. Sometimes I slip into my day as just one of many. Sometimes I slip into the crowd and struggle to find purpose and meaning and value. Sometimes it all seems to be a beating against the wind. But as I meditate on your Word, you remind me how truly valuable I am to you. I matter to you! You created me on purpose and with a purpose. You placed me exactly when and where you wanted me to be and set out my days for me in advance of my coming. You redeemed me with precious and holy blood of Jesus! You fashioned and formed by and in Christ for works of service. I matter to you. And because of that I matter to other people. Whether they value me or they don’t, whether they think I’m important or they don’t, I matter to them. You have placed me here and now and, in their lives, so that I might have an impact of them. That is your purpose. Fill me with confidence as I live my life for you and for them, dear Jesus. Amen.

Your life is valuable to the Lord. The breaths that you take are all counted up by the Lord, just as the very hairs of your head are numbered. The beats of your heart pound in the ears of our God because your life matters to him. You matter to him.