Worthy

Worthy.  Worth.  This word has been plaguing me for a week.  So this morning at 330am I finally had to get it out on paper.  But the funny thing is I don’t have a clue what I’m supposed to write.  So I will start with what I know.  Scripture.

John 3:16 (KJV)

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Apparently God thought we were worthy.  In fact, so worthy that He sent His only son to die for us.  He counted us worth!  God said we are worthy so let’s be worthy.

Every day I encounter people that think their life doesn’t matter.  They think they are just here, existing.   Some think they would be better off dead; that the world would be better without them.  I think God created us each with a specific purpose to fulfill.  We all have our own special gifts to fulfill the job He designed for us.  So with that attitude of I don’t matter, we are saying God created me for nothing!  We all know that saying, “I know I’m special ‘cause God don’t make no junk!”  All we have to do is look around at the canvas He has painted.  The beauty of the sky, fields, streams and yes, even look to the people he created;   each unique, each different.  We all have a different nose, a different walk, we talk different.  We have different likes, different skin, some have big ears, others big mouths, but God has a plan and purpose for each one.  Our job is to figure out what it is.  While we figure it out, it’s important to uplift our neighbor because just as we struggle to find our place, they are finding their place too.  How far will a find word go to help that person who is having a bad day?  Maybe God gave you a big mouth to encourage someone!  Maybe he gave you big ears to hear someone’s troubles.  He may have given you a big heart to feel their pain or big shoulders to help carry their burden.  He may have given you eyes full of compassion to share someone’s grief. Perhaps he gave you swift feet to visit someone who is in need of a friendly visit.  Maybe rough hands to help someone who is needy!  Whatever you have, one thing is for sure, its God given and it is worth a lot.  You are worthy!  God said so!

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.  Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.  It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us.  We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?  Actually, who are you not to be?  You are a child of God! “

 M.  Williamson

Undesirable.  Unaccepted.  Unworthy.  Not wanted.  These are all things that Satan wants us to believe about ourselves.  And when we don’t fall into the trap he sends his minions to fulfill it for him.  He invades our homes, our minds and the next thing you know we are spouting it out of our mouth!  I am guilty!  What starts out as an innocent conversation ends up a gossip session about a friend, a member of the congregation, co-worker.  We are all guilty.  We can’t let our guard down for even one minute.  Once those words come out of the mouth we can’t take them back.  The tongue is very sharp and it cuts deeply.  People may forgive but they don’t forget.  We are all worthy!

Ephesians 2:10 (KJV)

¹⁰ For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Philippians 1:6 (KJV)

⁶ Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Romans 8:1 (KJV)

8 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Our lives matter, each and every one of us.  We all have worth.  So let’s honor God, he created us to build each other up and to love each other.  He wants us to see the worth that He sees in us.  Let’s take what he started and add to it.  Let’s be worthy!

Colossians 1:10 (NLT)

¹⁰ Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.

 

Psalm 138:8 (NLT)

⁸ The Lord will work out his plans for my life—
for your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever.
Don’t abandon me, for you made me.