A friend sent me an interesting article that I would like to
share with you, at least some of the big ideas.
It was written by Derek Prince
who after preaching for years died a decade ago.
The big idea of the article was about the value of
humans. He wrote that you and I have
extreme value that was given to us by God.
This is a truth that I have shared, preached about and believed for
years, yet it is also one of the most difficult things to buy into without a
proper view of who God is and how much God loves us.
God loves us and values us because He created us!
Genesis 1:26 NASB
Then God
said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and
let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over
the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on
the earth.”
God created us in His own image, and the awesome thing is
that God cannot deny or will not deny Himself.
He valued us so much that after creating us and knowing that sin had to
be dealt with, He willingly gave His son for our redemption. He gave Jesus to purchase or to buy us.
We were created in the image of God, yet the greatest tragedy
is that sin entered humanity. We are
still dealing with the problems of sin now.
It is true that Jesus died for our sins and God has forgiven us of our
sins, but far too often we let our past and our mistakes determine our future
and our value. That could not be further
from the truth.
God didn’t give up on the people He created. Jesus was the price He paid, and in a story
Jesus told we see an example of the price God was willing to pay to buy up back. We are and will always be valuable to
God. Here is the story Jesus told:
Matthew
13:45-46 NLT
Again, the
Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant on the lookout for choice pearls. When
he discovered a pearl of great value, he sold everything he owned and bought
it!
Prince said that Jesus is represented in the merchant. This man knew what He wanted and knew the
value of things. The pearl represents
humans like you and me. It is like
someone in our day that sold all he had --- car, house, possession, investments
--- everything to buy what he knew had extreme value. The merchant was willing to do anything to
purchase that pearl.
God was and is willing to do anything to have us back. When we realize our value, the value that God
gives us, we will begin to live differently.
Our past won’t determine our future or hold us back. Our failure won’t cancel our success. Our negative issues won’t be able to
overpower our minds and hearts because we have believed what God said about us.
God determined our value, and it will never change. You are valuable!
Galatians 2:20 NLT
My old self
has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in
the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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