The other week I sent a couple of baby rag dollies I’d made to a friend’s little granddaughter just as a surprise. It wasn’t her birthday or for Christmas I just thought she would like them. Apparently she went into raptures when she opened the parcel especially as she hadn’t done anything special to earn or deserve a surprise gift. It was something she hadn’t been expecting.🙂
God reminds us He has also done something for us we didn’t expect and we didn’t do anything to deserve it either. He tells us in Col 1:12 that He has qualified us, enabled us to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light. He declared us worthy to do that purely because of what Jesus has done for us.
He has qualified us to inherit His kingdom, made us fit to be part of His family. He made it possible by giving us His own righteousness and putting us in Christ. We didn’t deserve it or earn it - God decided to do it for us. How huge that is! Lord help us grasp it!
One of the meanings of worthy is to be of great value and the way we find out how valuable something is, is by how much someone will pay for it. If someone wants to pay 10 million pounds for a painting then that would be declared its value, or it’s worth.
In the same way God has placed the highest value on all our lives by paying the highest price imaginable to buy us back from His enemy. We read in Genesis how God only had to speak to bring creation into being - but God had to bleed to pay for our redemption. That is how much it cost Him and that is the value or ‘worth’ He has put on our lives.
It’s hard to get our minds around that thought, to believe God thinks that much of us. He considered us worth Him being willing to pay that price just so we can be called His sons and daughters, so we can belong to Him for always. We need never be in any doubt about our value or our worth in God’s eyes, and how much He loves us.🙂
Thank God He no longer sees us as unworthy sinners. He has made us New Creations in Christ Jesus, holy and righteous in His eyes, because He has made us that way, no merit of our own.
He has qualified us, He has made us worthy to be invited into His Father’s family, and have a home with Him in His Father’s house forever. What a thought!
Thank You Lord, for all You have done for us. You are indeed worthy beyond words. We give You all the honour and praise and glory. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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