WHO DETERMINES YOUR VALUE?

Matthew 10:30,31 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Value is often considered subjective because it is dependent on whether what is on offet, whether men or things, in that moment are required and useful. It might therefore result in instances where value fluctuates, like house prices, up one moment and down the other.

Unfortunately, ‘the value of men’ could sometimes become tied to this very concept that it fluctuates in line with complements, achievements, successes etc. However, here is the downside: one cannot guarantee an endless stream of these external buffers, meaning that when those wells run out, one is likely to see their own value as flatlined.

Beloved, there is an inherent value in all men, predetermined by God. It is one that places extreme relevance even on every single strand of hair. Therefore, while it is very easy to allow our worth or value to be determined by men, it is even more important to identify our worth in a system that is unchanging. That system is present in these words ‘Behold, I am the Lord, I change not’ (Malachi 3:6).

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