How is worth measured? Many times, by wealth, people are often in awe at the “worth” of a rich man. Other times society measures worth by how good someone is, by their acts of kindness, their compassion, love and self-sacrifice. Or by the way they work, their dedication to work, and their work ethic, their loyalty to the job etc. We are bombarded by the media and the internet on how to measure “self-worth”. But how does God view our worth.
Paul said:
Philippians 3:8-11
But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
We enacted a slave market at our meeting today, four of the ladies stood at the front while Major spoke of each person’s “worth”, when I pointed out that she needed to sell us, she replied, “Christ has already bought you!” And so, it is, that is where our worth lies, only in Jesus, and all He has done for us. We have nothing of merit or worth that could buy our forgiveness, buy our salvation, we cannot bribe God to turn His wrath away from us, and we cannot earn everlasting life. When we belong to Jesus, all our acts of kindness, compassion, love and self-sacrifice are because of Jesus. Everything we do in His name has eternal worth, and is for His honour and glory.
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