Dear God, Help Me Recognize My True Worth

Recognizing your unique gifts is the first step toward living the purposeful life God intended for you, as Karin Hadadan’s prayer guides us to do. Together with this, Rebecca Simon’s Finding God Every Day shows how noticing God in small moments helps us recognize our worth.

We all have those days where we feel a little lost, trying to tie our value to things that were never meant to carry it. But there is so much peace in remembering that you are already God’s masterpiece, uniquely gifted for the life you’re living right now. If your heart is searching for a bit of clarity today, let’s sit with Him in this prayer together.

Dear God,

Thank you for bringing me into this world and for creating me exactly as I am. But sometimes, I find myself seeking my identity in the wrong places and attaching my worth to things outside of me. I also tend to dismiss the unique gifts you have given me, and struggle to see what my true purpose is.

Please give me clarity about the good works you have prepared in advance for me to do. Help me live out my divine purpose daily, recognizing your handiwork in both who I am and what I’m called to do. I commit to seeing even the most ordinary daily tasks as divine assignments that fulfill your will. Thank you for your grace that always precedes my works, and for creating me as your masterpiece.

Amen.

Want more from Rebecca Simon? Her best-selling Let Go, Trust God is the place to start, and Finding God Every Day: 111 Devotionals For Women Healing Through Faith is the daily companion that gives you 111 entries to walk through. Thank you so much for reading our writing. Buying either is how you support her work and the team here at Thought Catalog.