Spiritual Worth

So, after that last post, I felt like having a lighter subject. Something fun to write, maybe even something cheerful! So, I am here to talk about spiritual worth. Now I intend for this to be a short post, but you know me, so it may end up taking on the looks of the last Harry Potter book (yes, I hope not too).

In this blog I will be using Matthew 10:26-31 (HCSB). This is Jesus speaking:

Therefore, don’t be afraid of them, since there is nothing covered that won’t be uncovered, and nothing hidden that won’t be made know. What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. What you hear in a whisper, proclaim on the housetops. Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s consent. But even the hairs of your head have all been counted. Don’t be afraid of therefore; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Woah, what a passage. Right before this passage, Jesus was predicting persecution. Matthew 10:19-20 says

But when they hand you over, don’t worry about how or what you should speak. For you will be given what to say at that hour, because you are not speaking, but the Spirit of your Father is speaking through you.

How encouraging is that? I mean, we get to have the Spirit, as believer, speaking through us saying the right things! I know for me that is SO encouraging. If you have ever had a conversation with me that has lasted more than… 2 seconds, you know that I can’t speak. Well, I’m not mute, but I have a problem getting the point across. I stumble, search for words, and say “um” a lot. But when I am filled with the Holy Spirit, boy do things happen. I am not the source of these things! I don’t want the credit for ANYTHING I say. NEVER!!! It is not me who is speaking, but rather the Spirit who says all things true.

That is who I am. I am not someone who stutters through life and can’t find the words to say. I am God’s child! I am filled with the Holy Spirit and have my worth in THAT. The Father, my Father, knows how many hairs I have on my head. He knows how many hairs I have EVER had on my head. The Father doesn’t let birds die without His consent! Jesus tells us here that we are worth more than the sparrows. What more does the Father have planned for His children if we mean more than birds that He controls?

Our worth is found in Christ. If there is any good in me, it is good that Christ is in me. I really hope that makes sense. The Holy Spirit that resides in me is the only good that shines from me. As evil beings, humans have no good. There is only one good: God. I don’t want to be compared to the only good. If the only good is God, then who am I to call myself a “good” person? I want the only good produced from my body to be from the goodness of my good God. (I really hope that made sense. If not, just ask).

My musical abilities, intelligence (though not lots), and analogies have no significance outside of the Father. These abilities mean nothing! I have NO worth outside of the Father. My value is found in my relationship with Christ.

So, that’s about it. Don’t take this for truth. Research and struggle with it on your own. I’d encourage you to read Romans or 1 Corinthians. This is Romans 8:1-11 (paraphrased)

Therefore, no condemnation now exists for those in Christ Jesus, because the Spirit’s law of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. …For those whos lives are according to the flesh think about things of the flesh, BUT THOSE WHOSE LIVES ARE ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT, ABOUT THINGS OF THE SPIRIT. For the mind-set of the flesh is death, but the mind-set of the Spirit is life and peace….You, however, are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit , since the Spirit of God lives in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ he does not belong to Him. Now if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus form the dead will also bring your mortal bodies to life through His Spirit who lives in you.

Well, that is all for now.

Grace to you and peace from our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.- 1 Corinthians 1:3

-Meghan