What are you worth?

What are you worth?

God is obsessed with you! David discovered this when he wrote: “What is man, that thou art mindful of him?” (Ps 8:4). His mind is full of you. Job discovered it when he wrote that God would not even turn His gaze away from him long enough to swallow his spit! (Job7:19). Jesus (God Himself) acknowledged this obsession when He said that God keeps count of your hair! I mean, how involved can one become! Neither is this a fleeting infatuation; He has been this way for longer than our historic documents are able to record. He is completely, absolutely, in the highest degree in love with you.

It is this love that defines your value. You have a value that far exceeds your current wealth plus your earning power plus your achievements. It is not that your achievements are worthless or that your titles mean nothing, it’s just that measuring your value by them can’t do justice to your true value.
What title can compare to: ‘son of God’.
What position can compare to being seated with Christ in heavenly places?
What heritage can compare to being born of God?
What status can compare to being called His friend and personal representative?

He values you beyond your greatest achievement. He values you even if your only achievement is failure. He can see the truth about you, the reality of your worth, even if no one else (including yourself) can. He invites you to see from His point of view.

There was an event in history in which God was required to place a value on man. Man was up for sale (redeem means to buy back) and nothing but the exact price would do. He made a calculation and came to a definite answer: Man is worth as much as I. He gave Himself as a ransom for you.

It is only within this love that we clearly see our value. To evaluate yourself and others by any other means is to look through a uneven, dirty sheet of glass – your vision is vague. No matter what measure you use to try and add value to yourself, it falls short. No matter what grounds you think you have to subtract value from yourself, it lacks substance. His opinion is all that matters.

By Andre Rabe
andre.rabe@gmail.com
http://eclesia.blogspot.com