“You are worth more than many
sparrows….” Mat. 6
There are several questions
we all ask. Questions that somehow
plague us all. They are questions of
meaning, purpose and worth. Why am I
here? What am I here to do? What gives
meaning to my existence? And, last, do I
have worth and value? Do I matter?
These are questions each of
us struggle with. Just for a moment I
want to discuss this grand idea of worth.
It’s something each of us wonder about…am I worth anything? How do I
know? These questions and struggles are
revealed in our insecurities, our uncertainties, our frequent search for
approval and acceptance. We all need
worth. We all need to matter, to make a
difference in some way.
Because this desire for worth
is so important to us we try to achieve it by what we do. Success, cars, money, busy lives all give us the
sense that we are valuable, that we are worth something. But it’s never what you do or what you have
that establishes worth…..
….it’s who loves you. Worth is measured by who cares about you even
if you had nothing. Worth is about who
loves you when you’re mean, angry, unhappy or just unlovable. Worth, true worth, is never about what you do
or have, but about who loves you when you do and have nothing at all!
In Matthew 6 Jesus made a
value statement about us that should be heard.
He said, in the midst of our worries and striving after things, “you are
worth much more….” Worth much more to
who? Who is setting this value? Who is
it that thinks I’m worth anything at all?
God says so. In his value system you have worth.
Now, take God out of the
picture, as the atheist has done, and how do we find worth, how do we find our value? For a man without God it comes down to what
you do and what you have. But what if
all of that is gone, taken away? Then
what?
God say you have worth to
him. How much? Here’s your value- he values you so much that
he gave the best thing he had to purchase your freedom, to make you his son or
daughter.
How’s that for worth?
He values you so much that he
wants you to spend eternity with him. HE
REALLY LIKES YOU! You may not feel you
have worth to anyone in the world, but the God who made you thinks you are
awesome! He loves you.
Feeling a bit worthless
today? The one who made you loves you
and wants you to be his child. He wants
to spend time with you. He thinks you
have worth! How could anything the world
offers compare to that?
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