Some people are just hard to love. We know that – but what if you’re one of them without realizing it. What if you’ve become hard to love? You pull away. You put your walls up. You self-protect. You pretend. You hide. You keep everything surface level and superficial.

And even worse – you do this with God. Girl, YOU WON’T LET GOD LOVE YOU.

And here’s why – you feel unworthy.

All your life you’ve been certain that if people really knew you they wouldn’t love you, and you know you can’t hide anything from God. He knows it all, so surely he doesn’t really love you. Not all of you. So, you’ve become hard to love. You push God away without even realizing it. You keep him at a distance so he doesn’t get too close. You put those walls up. You check boxes to be “good enough” but that heart of yours is highly protected.

Oh how God wants to tear down those walls around your heart and bombard you with his love. Oh how he wants to lead you into a true relationship with him that reveals who he really is, and who you really are to him.

Will you let God love you?

Yes, while you’re unworthy. While you’re still a little messy. While things still aren’t right and you still have questions. Will you just consent to being loved by God exactly as you are, where you are – fully, thoroughly, wholly, completely, perfectly. While you are still unworthy, God wants to love you perfectly.

This week we’re studying Romans chapter 5. Romans is my absolute favorite book in the entire Bible, and chapter 5 is perhaps the most simple, literal and powerful explanation of our salvation. If you don’t know where to start, start there. If everything else confuses you, just believe this.

Today, let’s read the first 2 verses. Romans 5: 1-2, “Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory.”

Your faith in Jesus makes you RIGHT in God’s sight. Jesus has made you worthy. Even while you’re still wrong, even while you still feel unworthy, God looks at you and sees you as completely covered, forgiven, justified and whole. You are perfectly lovable to him in every way.

It’s an absolute work of the enemy to make you think and feel anything else. It’s easy to label it as humble and walk around feeling unworthy, but the truth is, that’s a work of Satan. Stop welcoming that. Stop partnering with the devil in deciding you’re inadequate. That’s absolutely nonsense. But it’s nonsense you’ve been hearing your entire life, so you’ve believed it as your truth. But Sis, when your truth doesn’t align with THE TRUTH, then your truth is UNtruth. It’s a lie. Satan is the father of lies and some of his lies have gotten into your head and heart as your truth.

Right now, pray with me: Lord, I release all of my truths to you. Everything I believe and everything I say about myself, I lay them out for you to examine. If any of my accepted and believed truths are not THE TRUTH from you, please shine your light so I am no longer fooled by the lies of the enemy. I want THE TRUTH in everything you say about me.

Now, look where this truth leads us – it leads us to PEACE WITH GOD. “We have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.” We often talk about the peace OF God. That feeling of calm within even when circumstances are uncertain or unfavorable. That’s the peace OF God. But, what is this peace WITH God?

This is actually a legal issue. Sin has sentenced us as guilty.