Q:

21. Does God like my sister more than me?

A:

Think you know someone who’s perfect? Here’s a secret: He’s not! You might think that God is more pleased with a sister or brother or best friend than he is with you. Perhaps that person always seems to do and say the right thing.

But God doesn’t have favorites. Here’s why: Compared to each other, some of us might look better than others. But compared to God, no one looks good! Paul says that all of us have sinned and “fall short of God’s glorious standard” (Romans 3:23). And Isaiah tells us that “all of us have strayed away like sheep” (Isaiah 53:6). We wander this way and that instead of following God and doing what he wants. The Lord knows that we all need his care and forgiveness. The truth is, we all mess up—but God still loves us all just the same.

Remember that the heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites when he judges.

1 PETER 1:17