How Well God Must Like You: An Everyday Maverick Reflection
Like (verb):
Oh! Did you Know that God likes you?
We often speak about God’s love — unconditional, powerful, unquestionable. But Scripture quietly suggests something even more personal: God likes you.
Psalm 1 opens not with commands, but with affirmation — a description of a life that has chosen alignment over conformity, depth over drift. And it begins with a line that feels almost scandalous in its simplicity:
“How well God must like you—
you don’t walk in the ruts of those blind-as-bats,
you don’t stand with the good-for-nothings,
you don’t take your seat among the know-it-alls.”
— Psalm 1:1 (MSG)
Read the full passage here
Liked, Not Just Loved
We often celebrate God’s love — and rightly so. But liking implies delight, joy, and relationship.
To be liked means you’re not a project to be fixed, but a person to be enjoyed.
For the Everyday Maverick, this changes everything. It’s about choosing a life that thrills to truth and rejects shallow conformity.
Refusing the Ruts
“You don’t walk in the ruts of those blind-as-bats…”
Ruts feel safe because they’re familiar. They’re well-worn, socially approved, and unchallenging.
Everyday Mavericks don’t rebel for rebellion’s sake — they refuse to live on autopilot. They question narratives, challenge shallow wisdom, and decline seats at tables that demand compromise.
A Different Source of Strength
“Instead you thrill to God’s Word;
you chew on Scripture day and night.”
This is intentional, embodied engagement. Mavericks don’t just scroll truth — they sit with it, chew on it, wrestle with it, and return to it again.
What you feed on shapes who you become. Depth becomes an act of rebellion in a distracted world.
Replanted on Purpose
“You’re a tree replanted in Eden,
bearing fresh fruit every month,
never dropping a leaf,
always in blossom.”
Replanted means you were moved intentionally. Not random. Not accidental.
An Everyday Maverick understands this: where you’re planted determines what you produce. Rooted people don’t panic in storms. They bear fruit in season — and out of season.
Two Roads, One Choice
“God charts the road you take.
The road they take leads to nowhere.”
This is the quiet confidence of the Maverick life. You don’t need to shout. You don’t need to compete. You don’t need to explain every decision.
God charts your road — and that’s enough.
Final Thoughts: The Everyday Maverick Faith
This reflection is dedicated to Alexis and Zoey — and to every Everyday Maverick learning to trust a different path.
Never underestimate God’s love for you.
And never forget — He likes you.
Walk boldly. Stay rooted. And don’t be afraid to take the road less travelled. That’s where Mavericks are made.
