Read this part of What’s my worth from these Amazing people who I have met throughout my World Race Journey.
Bliz: My worth means what I’m capable of and what I expect others to see when they see me. It should directly correlate with how God the see my worth.
Amanda Q:
I’ve struggled for years trying to define my worth or even how it could begin to mean something to me, and it left me constantly confused and looking to the world for my answer… and truth be told, what I think my worth means to myself, is absolutely nothing compared to what Jesus says about me. I will sell myself short every time I look to myself for the answer to that question.
So to keep it simple.. the meaning of my worth belongs to Jesus. I live because He died for me, and my very existence is marked by His blood. Every part of myself is His… and I just want my worth to be defined only through His words.
Connar: Dang. Well, quick answer is actually understanding how Jesus values me. Looking at the price tag He has put on my life and believing it 100%
Brack: I think our answer to that question often shifts just because as people we can be very emotionally driven. In past seasons I would have said I was worthless, or worth the world depending on what was going on in my life. In the season I’m in currently I feel worthy no matter what I do or the decisions I make. I think understanding that we are all only people and that our choices don’t change what God has for us gives everyone worth. For me, worrying about something I’ve already done only holds me back when in reality God will still use me for what He wants, and He already knows what we will do. He has a plan for our lives without condition. Knowing that is where I find a lot of my own worth; in the fact that God is using me no matter what.
Paul Lanier: It’s sweet to know that He who’s worthy of praise finds me worthy to be loved.
I remember the seasons where if not careful, I found value in friendly affirmation, over the currency of His blood. There’s appreciation in affirmation, but there’s confirmation in love… undoubtedly His.
Confirmation that I’m seen, confirmation that I’m wanted, and confirmation that the worth of my worth is founded beyond temporal complements…. but His eternal will.
Tymon:I feel like the good Christian answer would be to say something like “My worth only comes from God and who he says I am. Not how the world defines me.” Which is very true, however, so many people (myself included) struggle to believe this.
In the past, I’ve always found my worth or identity in the things I could do or the task I could achieve for other people. I found validation in these things, but these things only validated me for a short while then it was on to the next thing. My worth and identity is something I’m struggling to figure out to this very day. The thing that I always have to remind myself of is that while Jesus was getting ready to die, He saw me, He saw me in my weakness, he saw me in my lack, he saw all my sin and all my inadequately and said ” Yup. He’s worth it.” And then willfully went to the cross. So even though I can’t quite understand entirely what my worth is, Jesus does, and I have to start believing that He sees me at such a high value that he thought I was worth his life.
So what is my worth?
My worth is the life of Jesus Christ. Crazy right!?
