#268: Your Value to God

The 5 Minute Discipleship Podcast

Before he died, a father said to his son; “Here is a watch that your grandfather gave me. It is almost 200 years old. Before I give it to you, go to the jewelry store downtown. Tell them that I want to sell it, and see how much they offer you."

The son went to the jewelry story, came back to his father, and said; "They offered $150.00 because it's so old.”

The father said; “Go to the pawn shop.” The son went to the pawn shop, came back to his father, and said; "The pawn shop offered $10.00 because it looks so worn.”

The father asked his son to go to the museum and show them the watch.

He went to the museum, came back, and said to his father; “The curator offered $500,000.00 for this very rare piece to be included in their precious antique collections.”

The point of the exercise was to prove to his son that there is the true value, but understand not everyone sees it.

I believe this is true for you and I. While we know we are loved by God, we can still fail to see our worth to God. We may even feel as if we are worthless because of our sins and our mistakes.

The world values talent, beauty, money, and success, and if we don’t achieve these, we don’t feel like we have worth. Even if we know better our hearts may tell us otherwise.

We tend to find our worth and value by what others speak of us. Many times we look for validation from those closest to us, but even that is wrong. No one is perfect. We should never place our worth and our value in the hands of imperfect people, including our loved ones.

I hope you’ll hear this truth today: No one can place a value on you because God has already placed a value on you.

“Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you” (Jeremiah 31:3). His love for you is relentless, immeasurable, and infinite.

If a king or a president were to give you their endorsement, as an extremely valuable member of their society, that would carry a lot of weight. We would think "Wow, I'm something special"! Well the creator of the universe, The King of all creation is saying "you are valuable to me!" Our value is based on the endorsement of the highest possible entity in the universe!

Listen to the words of Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount…

Matthew 6 - ““Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?”

These are powerful words from Jesus and they reveal our value to God. If God takes care of birds of the air, how much more valuable are you and I than birds. We are valuable to God.

But maybe you have heard the devil’s lies: You are a nobody. You are worthless. You’ll never do anything with your life.” If you died today, no one would miss you.” All lies.

Here is the truth: You are loved by the God of eternity. Your life has value and purpose because you belong to Him. He knows everything about you – and he still loves you!

The value of something is determined in whatever someone will pay for it. A great price was paid for you. Jesus Christ paid the great price of giving his life for you so that you could have eternal life. That’s how valuable you are to God.

Today’s Challenge: Reject the lie of the enemy that your life doesn’t matter. You are worth so much because God says you do. Your life matters.