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.  God was willing to pay a high price to buy us back from the brokenness and isolated condition we found ourselves in due to our rebellion and sin against Him and His ways. 

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 refuse to accept what Jesus has done, 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.

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 be our judge.  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 determine but God says we are His masterpieces created in Christ Jesus to do good works. 

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 all that Jesus has done for me.  I am grateful that You have become my Heavenly Father and that I am Your precious child.  Amen