Do you ever have those days that you feel like, if God were picking teams, you'd be the last one He chose? Days that you feel like you've failed Him yet again and you wonder if He's finally given up on you? Days that you don't even like yourself and you wonder how the Holy Creator of the universe still does? Days that you feel inadequate, too far gone, or unworthy of grace?

If so, believe me when I say that you're not alone. 

Far too often, I catch myself feeling like a failure--like I could easily be replaced. Like I'm not good enough to do what He's called me to do, let alone be great at it. Worse than that, I find myself measuring my worth on my own strength and abilities. I forget that my dependence and identity must first rest in Him and what He says about me.

Francesca Battistelli tackles this subject in her new beautifully penned single, "He Knows My Name."

"True to who You are You saw my heart and made something out of nothing / I don't need my name in lights / I'm famous in my Father's eyes / Make no mistake He knows my name / I'm not living for applause / I'm already so adored / It's all His stage / He knows my name // He calls me chosen, free, forgiven, wanted, child of the King/ His forever held in treasure / I am loved."

The song is all about knowing who you are in Christ and believing that the fact that He knows your name is enough. It's a topic that resonates deeply with a large amount of people, including me. 
Sometimes I just wonder how God could love me and still want to call me His own after I've messed up so many times. After all I've done, how could He still call me all of those things?

So that's when I start thinking... what if I truly believed what He says about me? What if, deep in my heart, I really knew that I was those things? Chosen. Free. Forgiven. Wanted. Loved. A child of God.

What if, instead of expecting myself to be good enough to win the battles I have to fight, I put my worth in the fact that He is more than good enough and He has already won them for me? What if I trusted that no matter how badly I mess up, His grace is still abounding in plenty? What if I viewed myself, not as a stranger struggling to keep it all together, but as a daughter of the King who knows I don't have it all together and yet still loves me in spite of that.  What if my identity has nothing to do with anything I can do for myself and everything to do with what He has already done for me?

It all comes down to honesty, and honestly, we'll never be "good enough" by ourselves. We were created to be dependent on Someone much wiser and stronger than we'll ever be. We are nothing in and of ourselves but that's where the beauty lies. We aren't on our own. We serve a Redeemer who is skilled at making little into much and nothings into somethings. We have a Savior who is more than willing and more than able to take our messes and make something beautiful with them. 
We are not enough because we are, but rather, we are enough because we're not and He is in our place.

I don't know where you find yourself right now, but I want to leave you with a challenge. It's a challenge God has given to all of us and it's a challenge we should all take.  

Stop seeing yourself as less-than-adequate. Rest in His grace for your every mistake. 

Stop looking at yourself as someone who can be replaced. Believe that you are a son or daughter of the most high God and He won't disown you no matter how badly you mess up. 

Know what He says about you and believe it. Do whatever you have to do to remember that you are bought with a price and loved more than you could ever imagine by Love Himself. 

Remember that no matter what the world screams at you or what you feel at the moment, you are loved. 

It's something I will be telling myself for the rest of my life, but it's something I need myself to know. 
He knows my name and that is enough for me. He is enough for me. Forever.