Worthless vs Unworthy

I am reminded often of my unworthiness, but too often I have felt worthless.  They are not the same.  I can never and will never be worthy of God's gift of grace. The apostle Paul very clearly states this in all of his letters and very thoroughly in Roms 1- 7.  But here is the rub, this in no way means worthless!  Let's analyze this for a second.  The God who created the universe as well as us, loved us so much that he became one of us.  He underwent all the temptations we do, was rejected by us, and finally died under punishment reserved for those who committed the most heinous of crimes.  He did this because He thought we were worthless?!  I think not! He even calls us his craftsmanship or masterpiece in Eph 2:10.

So when I feel worthless, it is like me saying that I am a better judge of worth than the God who created me!  Oy veh!  Sorry, I reverted to my Jewish roots.  This means that as a born again Christian, allowing myself to feel worthless, is an act of sinful pride!  I am so glad that I am not the judge of worth!  I am so imperfect that so much more evil would abound if I were.  It is only by the love and grace of God that I do have worth.  So much so that He died for me when he should have killed me.  In the eyes of God, the perfect judge, I was worth lowering Himself to become like me, and take my punishment, and to die for me!  I think we have rebelled against God as much as the fallen angels and yet God did not do the same for the angels he created who rebelled against Him!  They were not created in His image (Gen 1:26).

So what does this mean?  It means that while I am indeed unworthy, I have no right, nor authority to judge myself or anyone else as worthless! Along with that, no one else can judge me as worthless!!!!  Amen?

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