Made for God
This section explores themes and experiences in our life which lead us to seek God
5. Worthless
‘Can you not buy five sparrows for two pennies? And yet not one is forgotten in God’s sight. Why, every hair on your head has been counted! There is no need to be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.’ (Luke 12. 6-7)
Many people live with a sense of insecurity.
They doubt their own worth.
People care so much about what other people think of them,
about their image, about how they look to other people.
They struggle to achieve success
so that they will be respected, admired, even envied.
Their status at work, the size of their car,
the clothes in their wardrobe, the value of their house
are taken as a measure of their own worth.
But we are so much more than the things we own.
Jesus wants us to understand how valuable we are.
What matters is not how other people see us,
but how God sees us.
And God sees us with the eyes of a devoted Father,
who gazes at us with delight,
counting every precious hair on our head.
To God, you are more valuable than the whole of the material universe.
The universe He made for you.
You He made for eternal happiness with Him.
That is why you must not be afraid.
This life, with all its beauty and pain, is a short journey
into the eternal life for which God has made you.
This life is a priceless opportunity to turn in faith to God,
who holds us in existence by his love,
to listen to His Word, to open our hearts to Him,
and in reply to make our life into a song of thanksgiving.