God Doesn’t Think I’m Special
That may sound harsh.
But it’s meant to free me, not diminish me.
Scripture is clear.
God shows no partiality. No rankings. No favorites.
I can start to believe God loves me because of the church I attend
or because I get everything right.
And just as quickly, I can believe He loves me less when I fail.
God’s love doesn’t follow that logic.
He loves the world.
Without comparison.
That doesn’t mean life is random.
Or that choices don’t matter.
I believe in a redemptive lift.
God gave us principles.
Ways to live that lead toward life.
When we align with them, we often experience the benefits.
Not because we earned His love,
but because His way is better.
And still, we need to be honest.
There are deeply faithful people who suffer.
People who believe and are unimaginably poor by American standards.
People who pray daily and still lack clean water, shelter, or security.
Their lives are not proof of weak faith.
They are not outside God’s will.
They have not missed some hidden rule.
We talk about blessing like it’s automatic.
As if obedience guarantees comfort.
Like we earned it somehow.
It doesn’t.
Faith is not a contract.
Obedience is not insurance against pain.
Scripture wasn’t written from places of ease.
It came from margins.
Prisons, deserts, and occupied land.
God does not distribute love through circumstances.
He doesn’t measure faithfulness by ease.
God’s love is equal.
Our path is not.
And that truth doesn’t weaken faith.
It deepens it.
If this resonated, share it.
Someone you know may be quietly faithful and quietly hurting.
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