Self- Worth
I was watching Extreme makeover and this new show called nip tuck yesterday(dunno how come tv had so many shows on plastic surgery). It is about the life of 2 plastic surgeons going through thier mid-life crisis. It was the most disgusting show i have ever watched on tv. They showed in detail some clips from the surgery....the cutting up of the face, nose, cheek..etc. Brian was quite disgusted and kept on asking me to stop watching it. But i continued to watch it not because i like to watch people getting cut up but because that show portrayed the popular worldy view of life which is wealth, looks, power, and sex.
So what does God think?? As all of us know from Sunday school song,"Jesus Loves me this i know, for the bible tells me so". Each one of us are precious in Gods eyes. There are so many verses in the Bible that emphasizes this theme. To name a few....Luke 12:7,Matthew 10:31... where it says every hair of ours are numbered....and also in Matt 6:26. In conclusion there no question of how much we are worth in GOds eyes...God did send Jesus , his only son down to earth to die for all of us sinners who, if u think about it,is not worth dying for. But because of Gods infinite love for us, He did what he did..So noone can say that God doesnt love me or we are just one of the many billions of Gods creation which is not worth anything.
So the question is where or who do we put our worth on? As the show portray...the world puts its worth on money, looks, power and sex and once u reach 40 and your skin starts to sag...u go to a plastic surgeon to lift it up again. The bible has many verses which speaks on wealth and its worth. I think we can generalise wealth to represent the worldy values. One of the verses that cleary address this issue is Psalms 49. In verse 5-6, those who trust in their wealth and boast in thier great riches are considered to be wicked deceivers(vs 5). The key verse is vs 7-9 where it says..."No man can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for him-the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough that he should live on forever and not see decay". No matter how much worldy wealth it is not enough to redeem our sinful life which is condemed to death. It is also writen in vs 12-14..." But man, despite his riches, does not endure; he is like the beasts that perish......etc etc...(read it yourself)." The modern world has lost sight of eternity and now only live for the present and probably only until thier death. What happens after death is not in thier mind. As vs 14 says..."Like sheep they are destined for the grave, and death will feed on them". Despite all these, in vs 15..." But God will redeem my life from the grave; He will surely take me to himself."....we are assured that God will redeem us and this is done through his son Jesus Christ.
Vs 16-20....tells us we should not envy a person when his wealth grows because when he dies, his splendour wil not go with him. The final verse ,vs 20 ...."A man who has riches without understanding is like a beast that perish."
I dont think being rich is a sin but, i think this chapter rebuking the ppl who put thier trust in themselves and thier wealth instead of GOd. Throughout this chapter of psalms the writer emphasizes the worthlessness of wealth in the eyes God because no matter how much wealth we have we are still sinners condemned to eternal death. So what if we have all the riches in the world but when we die go to hell....not that we can bring all our wealth with us when we die. As Christians, we are blessed to have the assurance of salvation and for eternity. And for eternity this is the only thing that matters. But because we are in this world, we are constantly being sucked into the things world. We lose our sight on GOd and focus on the weath that the world offers for our temporary pleasure. We must know that everything good is from God adn be thankful for whatever we have. Its not like wealth, power and sex is bad. It becomes bad when our focus is diverted from God and on to these worldly things. All these worldy things are not constant and is decaying as time progresses. The only constant thing in this world is Gods love for us and the salvation we have through Christ JEsus. So if we think rationally where should we put our worth on? Answer it yourself....
So in conclusion.....we should put our worth on what really matters for eternity and that is on our Lord Jesus Christ. The furthest the things of this world can bring us is to,is to our funeral. So let us rejoice because we have been saved through Christ and have eternal life and not because we have wealth....So i pray we would all find our refuge and worth in our Lord Jesus Christ....Amen
So what does God think?? As all of us know from Sunday school song,"Jesus Loves me this i know, for the bible tells me so". Each one of us are precious in Gods eyes. There are so many verses in the Bible that emphasizes this theme. To name a few....Luke 12:7,Matthew 10:31... where it says every hair of ours are numbered....and also in Matt 6:26. In conclusion there no question of how much we are worth in GOds eyes...God did send Jesus , his only son down to earth to die for all of us sinners who, if u think about it,is not worth dying for. But because of Gods infinite love for us, He did what he did..So noone can say that God doesnt love me or we are just one of the many billions of Gods creation which is not worth anything.
So the question is where or who do we put our worth on? As the show portray...the world puts its worth on money, looks, power and sex and once u reach 40 and your skin starts to sag...u go to a plastic surgeon to lift it up again. The bible has many verses which speaks on wealth and its worth. I think we can generalise wealth to represent the worldy values. One of the verses that cleary address this issue is Psalms 49. In verse 5-6, those who trust in their wealth and boast in thier great riches are considered to be wicked deceivers(vs 5). The key verse is vs 7-9 where it says..."No man can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for him-the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough that he should live on forever and not see decay". No matter how much worldy wealth it is not enough to redeem our sinful life which is condemed to death. It is also writen in vs 12-14..." But man, despite his riches, does not endure; he is like the beasts that perish......etc etc...(read it yourself)." The modern world has lost sight of eternity and now only live for the present and probably only until thier death. What happens after death is not in thier mind. As vs 14 says..."Like sheep they are destined for the grave, and death will feed on them". Despite all these, in vs 15..." But God will redeem my life from the grave; He will surely take me to himself."....we are assured that God will redeem us and this is done through his son Jesus Christ.
Vs 16-20....tells us we should not envy a person when his wealth grows because when he dies, his splendour wil not go with him. The final verse ,vs 20 ...."A man who has riches without understanding is like a beast that perish."
I dont think being rich is a sin but, i think this chapter rebuking the ppl who put thier trust in themselves and thier wealth instead of GOd. Throughout this chapter of psalms the writer emphasizes the worthlessness of wealth in the eyes God because no matter how much wealth we have we are still sinners condemned to eternal death. So what if we have all the riches in the world but when we die go to hell....not that we can bring all our wealth with us when we die. As Christians, we are blessed to have the assurance of salvation and for eternity. And for eternity this is the only thing that matters. But because we are in this world, we are constantly being sucked into the things world. We lose our sight on GOd and focus on the weath that the world offers for our temporary pleasure. We must know that everything good is from God adn be thankful for whatever we have. Its not like wealth, power and sex is bad. It becomes bad when our focus is diverted from God and on to these worldly things. All these worldy things are not constant and is decaying as time progresses. The only constant thing in this world is Gods love for us and the salvation we have through Christ JEsus. So if we think rationally where should we put our worth on? Answer it yourself....
So in conclusion.....we should put our worth on what really matters for eternity and that is on our Lord Jesus Christ. The furthest the things of this world can bring us is to,is to our funeral. So let us rejoice because we have been saved through Christ and have eternal life and not because we have wealth....So i pray we would all find our refuge and worth in our Lord Jesus Christ....Amen
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