You are one of approximately 6.7 billion people on earth.

The earth feels like a big place, but about a million earths could fit inside the sun.

Betelguese, a red giant star, is 700 times bigger than our sun, so 700 million earths could fit inside it.

It is estimated that the universe contains 70 sextillion stars. Another way to say that is 70 billion billion.

Let all that sink in for a moment.

By any measure, you are extremely small in an unimaginably big universe.

And yet, you matter to God and that makes you immeasurably significant.

In the Old Testament book of Hosea, God is lamenting the fact that His people have forgotten Him. In Hosea 13:4-6, God said:

“But I have been the LORD your God ever since you came out of Egypt. You shall acknowledge no God but me, no Savior except me. I cared for you in the wilderness, in the land of burning heat. When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me.”

Can you hear God’s heart?

“I cared for you.”

“I fed them.”

“When they were satisfied, they became proud.”

“They forgot me.”

God desires friendship with you. He wants you to know and experience His love. And if you’ve forgotten Him, He is always calling you to come back to Him.

God doesn’t need you. He doesn’t need your love, your worship or your service. But He does want you. He desires you. He is jealous for you.

You are not significant because of what you own or what you do or what others think about you. You are significant because you are significant to God. Period.