One of life's greatest tragedies is when people are unaware of their nature as God's creations. Our self-esteem is highly dependent on how real this truth is to us. All too often, we lose focus and anchor our self-esteem, not on God, but on the standards set by other people.

If people only focused on God as their Creator, self-esteem would not be a problem. Psalm 139:13-18 shows us that God made each of us unique. The complexity and uniqueness of our personality can never be measured against another. God does not mass-produce people. He creates one-of-a-kind persons, each one a masterpiece. God does not just paint a picture. He breathes into life a person who chooses his own colors, bright and dull. God did not make His masterpieces robots who only would do things He wanted them to do at the push of a button. He gave us, His masterpieces, our own will - even the will to choose to accept or reject the very One who created us.