By: Erlinda Mejia-Olson
Bible Scripture Reference: read Colossians
In this world, my net worth is nothing. But, for Christ Jesus, He found me worthy enough (though I am not) because He loved me and died for me (Galatians 2:20)—just as He found the whole world worthy because He loves each one and died for all (John 3:16). Therefore, my faith, my person, my calling is secured in Him and through Him. He is my treasure. My worth. Christ Jesus, is all that makes me complete.
Friend, what is your worth? What makes you complete? Let me share with you this brief excerpt I read from Fourth Baptist Church's Adult Bible Fellowship. Brief as it is, but it is certainly worth pondering about:
What does it take to make a person complete? Money? Bill Gates' estimated worth is $60 billion. Oracle’s CEO, Lawrence Ellison, is said to be worth $55 billion. Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Alsaud’s worth is $30 billion. Warren Buffet’s is $28 billion. Paul Allen comes in at $25 billion. But you haven’t heard any of them claim to be complete, have you? Fame? Famous people have their share of problems. Stalkers dog their steps, pushy photographers invade their privacy, and admiring fans hound them for autographs. Likely, famous people would admit they are not really complete, but completely frazzled.
The message of Paul’s letter to the Colossians reveals only one way to be a complete person. It is the way of faith. Through faith in Christ, every believer is “complete in Him” (Colossians 2:10)
Friend, don't let Satan, the world, or your flesh lead you to think that you are worth nothing, otherwise, Christ wouldn't have left His Heavenly throne and died for you and me. Just the thought of it, is all worthy of praise and honor! Crown Him the LORD of ALL!
~ ISAIAH 53 ~
Who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no form or comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There is no beauty that we should desire Him.
He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He opened not His mouth;
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.
He was taken from prison and from judgment,
And who will declare His generation?
For He was cut off from the land of the living;
For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
And they made His grave with the wicked—
But with the rich at His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was any deceit in His mouth.
Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him;
He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul an offering for sin,
He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.
He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied.
By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many,
For He shall bear their iniquities.
Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
And He shall divide the spoil with the strong,
Because He poured out His soul unto death,
And He was numbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of many,
And made intercession for the transgressors.
