I AM REMINDED AGAIN
OF GOD’S LOVE
OF GOD’S LOVE
As you go through your day to day life, do you stop to remember how much God loves you! I think we need to be reminded how much God loves us and how much we are worth to Him. We all go through trials and tribulations and storms, but God’s love never fails no matter what we are going through. And people in this world today need the Lord and His love so desperately, and they need to know that they are worth something in God’s eyes.
Some people have so many struggles that they don’t even think they amount to much anymore. Some people may be alone in this world, rejected. But God places much worth in each and every one of us.
In human terms, how much are you worth? Did you know that we are all equal in worth? Rich or poor, whatever the occupation, statistics proved in 1980 that the value of a human body was $7.28. That price was based on the value of the minerals in the human body, such as calcium, sodium, potassium and others. Now, in this day and age, and in this present economy, the human body is now only worth $4.50!
But let us look at God’s love. Because of His love, He places a price on human beings: “For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for His soul” Matthew 16:26?
The total value of the world and everything in it is less in God’s sight than the eternal worth of a single person. That is how much God loves you.
Are you only worth $4.50? Not in God’s eyes! He does not measure your worth in dollars and cents. That is why He sent His son, Jesus, to leave Heaven’s glories to become one of us (without sin) and lay down His life to save us from our sins, and to bring us eternal life.
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish but have everlasting life” John 3:16.
This is a very familiar passage of scripture that many of us have known since we were very small. And again, we are reminded of God’s love, and His wonderful promise to His children. Enjoy this quote from C.H. Spurgeon as she shared this scripture:
“Of all the stars in the sky, the pole-star is the most useful to the mariner. This text is a pole-star, for it has guided more souls to salvation than any other scripture. It is among promises what the Great Bear is among constellations.
Several words in it shine with peculiar brilliance. Here we have God’s love, with a “so” to it, which marks its measureless greatness. Then we have God’s gift in all its freeness and greatness. Then we have God’s Son, that unique and priceless gift of a love which could never fully show itself ‘till Heaven’s only-begotten had been sent to live and die for men. These three points are full of light.
Then there is the simple requirement of believing, which graciously points to a way of salvation suitable for guilty men. This is backed by a wide description – “whosoever believeth in Him.” Many have found room in “whosoever” who would have felt themselves shut out by a narrower word.
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So how much are you worth? You were bought at a great price. Think of the sacrifice Jesus Christ made for your sins and mine. “knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot” I Peter 1:18-19.
All the riches of this earth could not buy our redemption, but only through the blood of Jesus can our sins be forgiven, and we are then made worthy through His blood. We are not worthy in ourselves, only through redemption on the cross are we made worthy. Nothing we can do to try to earn our salvation, will be acceptable only through the cross of Christ are we made acceptable in His sight.
So today, accept His love and know that you are worthy, and He loves you more than you can ever ask or think. No matter what the trial is today, or the storm blowing around you, GOD LOVES YOU!
Blessings,
Pastor Sharon
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