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7th August 2023

Your Worth


You were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold,

but with the precious blood of Christ . . .


1 Peter 1:18-19



There is a story that in 75 bc a young Roman nobleman named Julius Caesar was kidnapped by pirates and held for ransom. When they demanded 20 talents of silver in ransom (about £500,000 today), Caesar laughed and said they obviously had no idea who he was. He insisted they raise the ransom to 50 talents! Why? Because he believed he was worth far more than 20 talents.


What a difference we see between Caesar’s arrogant measure of his own worth and the value God places on each of us. Our worth is not measured in terms of monetary value, but by what our heavenly Father has done on our behalf.


What ransom did He pay to save us? Through the death of His only Son on the cross, the Father paid the price to rescue us from our sin. “It was not with corruptible things like silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ” (1 Peter 1:18–19).


God loved us so much that He gave up His Son to die on the cross and rise from the dead to ransom and rescue us. That is what you are worth to Him.

Bible Reading

1 Peter 1:17–23.

Prayer

Father, thank You for the love You have shown to me and for the price You paid for my forgiveness. Help my life to be an expression of gratitude, for You are the One whose worth is beyond measure. Amen.











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