Read:
Over the last 25 days, you’ve met the people in Jesus’ family tree. Some of them were liars. Some were outsiders. Some were hurt by the people who should have protected them, and some did the hurting. Some made choices they regretted for the rest of their lives. And for some of them, all we have is a name.
Their stories show us how God sees people. He didn’t define Jacob by his worst moments. He didn’t overlook David when his own family did. He didn’t write off Manasseh, even after everything he’d done. And he didn’t leave out the ones nobody remembers.
Jesus came—and died—for people just like these.
God sees you the same way. Your past isn’t the whole story. Being overlooked doesn’t mean you’re forgotten. And nothing you’ve done puts you out of reach of God’s love.
Read Matthew 1:1–17 one more time today. Who’s story sounds most like yours? Let that story remind you how God sees you.
Pray: God, thank you that you see me the way you saw them. Thank you for sending Jesus for people like me. Help me believe that today. Amen.