What is My Worth?

Suicide is at an all time high. There are different reasons why individuals commit such a sad crime. One particular is a feeling that one lacks self worth. There may be times an individual feels like he or she is worthless. It usually occurs when each faces a harsh strife. “I have no job” or “I failed a friend” or any other reasoning that makes one say, “I am worthless.” To that individual I would like to say, “You are wrong.” You have a great amount of worth to man and to God. In fact, the Bible tells us that you MUST have worth in the eyes of God. You must have worth in the eyes of God because….

He Created You. David understood this truth as he was, “…fearfully and wonderfully made…” (Psalm 139:14). The fact that you have life and were created gives proof that you are important in the eyes of God. One can even look further into the creation and notice that man is something special in the eyes of God. What is it that separates man from the rest of creation? After all, God created the trees, animals, insects, and the cosmos (Hebrews 11:3; Genesis 1:1-25). Are we on the same level as these? God forbid we think such things. Before the creation of man it was God who said, “…Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth” (Genesis 1:26). God made man in His image (Genesis 1:27). Can a horse, mountain, ant, or sycamore say that it was created in the image of God? No, only man can lay claim to this title. One can also notice the title that man was given over the rest of creation. Man has dominion or rule over everything else that was made. Man is also separate from the rest of creation in the fact that he is the only being which has a “living soul” given by the very breath of God (Genesis 2:7). What is our worth in the eyes of God? You must be worth something because you were created. You must have worth in the eyes of God because…

He Paid a Heavy Price For You. Have you ever stopped to think about the price God paid for mankind? He gave His only begotten Son as a sacrifice for sins (John 3:16; Hebrews 10:12). Obviously, man has value in the eyes of God in order for Him to pay such a price for man. Peter made it more personal for Christians when he wrote, “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot…” (1Peters 1:18-19). While money has plenty of value on this earth, it is not enough to buy salvation. Neither are the empty traditions of the Jewish fathers of old. Only the blood of Christ is strong enough to wash away the sins of mankind and to redeem or purchase mankind from the cruel master of sin. Do you have any worth? God thinks so. You must have worth in God’s eyes because…

He wants you to go to Heaven. “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). God, in His mercy, is waiting for mankind to repent of his sins and come to God in obedience so that he might have a home in Heaven with God. Paul wrote of God as one “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth” (2 Timothy 2:4). Not that God WILL save all mankind or that it is God’s Will that all men be saved. If that were the case every man would find salvation whether he were obedient or not. Instead, it is God’s wish or desire that mankind obey Him and be saved.

What is your worth? God created you. He paid a heavy price for you. He’s waiting for you to come to Him in obedience. If can you do so, you know that you WILL have a home with Him in Heaven. How do you come to Him? Hear His Word and have faith in it (Romans 10:17, Hebrews 11:6), Repent of Your Sins (Acts 17:30), Confess Christ (Acts 8:37), and Be Baptized for the Remission of Your Sins (Acts 2:37). All you have to do from that point on is live a faithful life until death (Revelation 2:10).