What is the value of your life? Extensive research has been done by companies,
government entities, judicial courts and insurance industries to determine the
value of human life. They all have their
reasons as to why they need a monetary figure of what your life is worth; but
can they ever fully measure the value of life?
From my calculations, it is impossible to measure the full worth of
someone. You can approximate life span
and general health based on known factors, but the contributions to the earth
by one person is immeasurable. You can't
calculate potential. You cannot calculate
intangible, but very real contributions in lives and families. When someone tries to value or devalue your
life, they had better watch out. In all
probability, they don't see who you really are.
You are a work of art.
A masterpiece. A Designer's
original. How can man dare to try to
assign a value to you. Now a good
appraiser will examine, study, analyze a
piece of art to ascertain its true worth.
They look at the style and condition of the piece being evaluated. When examining God's people, they can see the
external, but they can't see the uniqueness of the expression of God in
us. They can't see the gifts, the
insights, the heart that the Savior has redeemed. They may try to look at the artist's previous
works to see if you, His artwork, are consistent with His techniques. Our Creator is THE CREATOR. From the creation of the aardvark to the
zebra, you see His unique eye that He puts into everything He breathed life
into. There is some consistency in His
uncommon designs, but they remain immeasurable.
The appraiser will also look at comparable works of
the artist. God's family is born of and
filled with the same Spirit. Yet, He manifests Himself differently through each
one according to His will. When you view
us through God's eyes, we are exquisite one of a kinds. When examining the quality of the size, age,
complexity and coloring of God's art, I believe most appraisers would quit at
this point. As much as experts try to
label us as black, white, brown, yellow and red, none of those colors do
justice to the tones and hues of God's family.
We are all different body types with varying features. Some of us have thin noses, others big
lips. Still other have protruding
foreheads, while others have long fingers. Original? That's us. Valuable? Absolutely.
Measurable? Impossible.
14 I will praise You, for £I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous
are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. Psalms
139:14(NKJV)
Since our value is incalculable, let's not undervalue
ourselves. We are fearfully and
wondrously made. Shame on ourselves if
we think we are not gifted, unattractive, dumb, stupid or worthless. Those are words and descriptors originating
from our enemy. Don't believe the
lies. Believe God. Not only
did He create us. He knows
us. According to the bible, God knows
us, our names and calls us by name (John 10:3, 14-15; Isaiah 43:1). The word of God even goes further and tells
us He knows what we need before we even ask us (Matthew 6:8). Jesus said the very hairs of our heads are
numbered.
3Then I went down to the
potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. 4And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the
hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good
to the potter to make. Jeremiah
18:3-4(NKJV)
What is your real value? You are priceless!
