Seeing Our True Value
Self-worth is the value we see in ourselves and our role in life. Some of us overrate ourselves and some of us undervalue ourselves according to our position in life. What is the right approach to assessing our self-worth? When selling a house, the asking price is not the true value of that house. Its value is the price the buyer is willing to pay for it. God was willing to pay a high price to buy us back from the broken, isolated condition we found ourselves in because of our sin and rebellion against Him.
When people sin, they earn what sin pays—death. But God gives his people a free gift—eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23 ERV)
We are of great value to God because Jesus came into the world to pay the price for our sin so we could be free from its penalty. How do we value what Jesus has done for us? If we refuse to accept what Jesus has done for us, then we are assessing no worth to the plan of God for our deliverance from the penalty of sin. Our self-worth is then determined by ourselves or by the value others place on us.
For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:21 NLT)
Prayer: Gracious God, Help me to base my self-worth on the truth of who You are, and who I am through accepting the sacrifice of Jesus as the payment for my sin. I am grateful that You have become my Heavenly Father and that I am Your precious child. Amen
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