Seeing Our True Value

Friday November 5, 2021

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 the house. Its true 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 and isolated condition we were 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 that we could be free from its penalty. How do we value what Jesus has done for us? If we reject what Jesus did 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 self-determined or assessed 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)

Jesus came into the world not to judge the world but to save it. Our unwillingness to receive this precious gift of new life through Jesus is what will judge us. Our true value is determined by who we become when we accept the finished work of Christ on our behalf. In Christ we become children of our Heavenly Father. Our worth to God is more than we could ever imagine. We are God’s masterpieces created in Christ Jesus to do good works.

God rescued us from dead-end alleys and dark dungeons. He’s set us up in the kingdom of the Son he loves so much, the Son who got us out of the pit we were in, got rid of the sins we were doomed to keep repeating. (Colossians 1:13-14 MSG)

Prayer: Gracious God, Help me to base my self-worth on the truth of who You are and all that I am because I have accepted what Jesus did for me. I am grateful that You have become my Heavenly Father and that I am Your precious child. I truly have great worth! Amen

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