What are you worth?
by Pastor Mark Gierus
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Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows (Matthew 10:29,31).
Read Matthew 10:24–39
Have you ever felt that you don’t have any value in life? Maybe you are going through a rough patch. Or perhaps you are going well but feel like some people take you for granted. Have you stopped recently to ask yourself what you are worth?
The world we live in, with so much pressure to have it all together and be positive in every situation, can be a tough place just to exist. There are expectations, and then there is the judgement from others – and even yourself – when you don’t get through your to-do list each day. The world and its people can make you feel that you are only worth what you can give them. If you can do or give something, you are valuable to someone or even your workplace or retirement space. It seems that the more you do and give of yourself, the world tells you that makes you more valuable than when you are not giving or doing as much.
Yet, you are made in the image of God. You are loved by the God who created the universe and created you. Not loved from a distance but loved through the suffering and death of God’s only Son, Jesus. The love of God poured out on the cross at Calvary through Jesus for the forgiveness of your sins. Jesus died so you might have life and have it to the full. Not in the prosperity sense but a life filled with God’s love, grace and mercy – a life that fills you with joy and hope, a life that is new.
God, our Heavenly Father, loves you so much. He reminds you that you are so valuable that he gave up his Son so you could be set free and receive eternal life in him. Even the sparrows, seen as not so valuable in a monetary sense, are cared for by God.
Do not be afraid. Are you not worth more and more valuable than the sparrows whom God cares for? Know that God loves you. He cares for you, and you are worth so much to him. He showed this when he sent Jesus to save you and fill you with his love.
Heavenly Father, help me remember that you made me and rescued me from sin, death and the power of the devil through your only Son, Jesus. Help me know that I am valuable, not because I say to the world that I am, but because you declare to the world that I am. You love me and care for me. May I always remember you gave yourself for me because you say I’m worth it and because of your abundant grace. Amen.
Pastor Mark Gierus currently serves as a Lutheran pastor in Redcliffe, Queensland. He has three beautiful girls aged 7, 10 and 19 and enjoys hiking with them, looking after their pets as a family and going on road trips. Mark prays that God will continue to bless you as you grow in him and come to know him more and more through his life-giving eternal word.
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