Great question! Here’s an illustration that may help you find the answer. Imagine that you found a ring on the sidewalk. One friend says he thinks it is worth six or seven thousand dollars. Another friend says it’s not a real diamond; it’s a cubic zirconium (fake). He thinks it is worth maybe $200.00. Then I take it to another friend who looks at it, and says that it came out of a toy dispensing machine, maybe worth $3.00.
At this point you have opinions ranging from $3.00 to $7,000.00. How do you find out the real value of the ring? You take it to an expert (appraiser), and he sets a value on it based on the price someone would be willing to pay for it. So if someone would be willing to pay $5,000 for the ring, then the value of the ring would be $5,000. You could look at the ring and say this ring equals $5,000. The ring and the $5,000 have the same value.
Now when you and I came into the world, we were born with a big question mark over our heads. The question again is “What is my value – what is my worth?”
So we try to establish in our own minds what our value is based on what other people tell us. And we will probably get varying appraisals depending on whether we ask our mother or our employer. But for born again Christians there is a way we can know our true value…bring yourself before the expert. Come to God and say, “Can you tell my value?” God will answer, “Yes, I can.” God will determine your value in the same way an appraiser determines the value of a ring. It all hinges on the price someone is willing to pay.
God could say, “You have been bought with a price, and I am the one who bought you. The price I paid for you is Jesus.”
Now isn’t that response biblical? Then would it be accurate to say that to God you are of equal value to Jesus? It almost sounds blasphemous, doesn’t it? Yes, it does…but I want to assure you that our heavenly Father treasures you just as He treasures His own Son because Christ is your life. Colossians 3:3, 4 says “For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life appears, then you will appear with Him in glory.”
LIFE LESSON: Our worth has everything to do with our new nature, who we are in Christ. II Corinthians 5:17 reads “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation, the old has gone, the new has come.” Jesus died for us to give His life to us to live His life through us. You are now one with Him! You asked what is your value, what is your worth? The answer is “PRICELESS” because of who you are in Christ.
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Len Baker, Director
It has come to my attention that many Christians today are aware of only half the gospel message, which is the forgiveness of sin.
In the New Living Translation Matthew 5:17, Jesus spoke these words: “Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to fulfill them.”
Dear Friends in Christ:
The essence of this month’s Life Lesson is taken from Psalms 115:1: “Not to us, O Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory.”
Jesus is the reason for the season, but sometimes we forget that.
Sandra felt as low as the heels of her shoes as she pushed against a November gust and the flower shop door. Her life had been easy, like a spring breeze. Then in the fourth month of her second pregnancy, a minor automobile accident stole her ease.
Dear Friends in Christ:
Major W. Ian Thomas in his book The Indwelling Life of Christ-All of Him In All of Me said, “Jesus died for us to give His life to us to live His life through us.” Wow! Words of wisdom! Jesus not only works in and through us, but He also prays in and through us. Wow again! Ephesians 6:18 supports this statement, “With all prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit.”