Easter And Us

This Easter I rejoiced over a new lesson over the love of God the Father.

I was reading "Knowing the heart of the Father" by David Eckman. It just blew my mind again when David Eckman described how much worth and value is the soul of man in God's eyes. He started from how Jesus described humans are worth much more than the birds of the air and the grass of the field. Then the intensity of humans' worth and value increased to those parables of the lost sheep, the lost coin and the prodigal son in the Gospel of Luke.

We are definitely more valuable than the lost sheep that the shepherd bothers to leave 99 unlost ones just to find that lost sheep. We are definitely more valuable than the lost coin that the woman would comb the whole house diligently to find it. And we are definitely as dear as the prodigal son whose outrageous behaviour and his failure didn't hinder the prodigal father from lavishing a great party to welcome the lost son back.

And definitely God values us more than the whole sum of everything on planet Earth... "For what will profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life?" - Matthew 16:26

Finally Paul aptly described the value of a man's soul by pointing that, "if God is for us, who can be against us? He [God the Father] who did not spare His own Son [Jesus] but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him graciously give us all things?" (Romans 8:31-31)

We are worth the life of Jesus, God the Father's most precious gift. Remember when you think you are not worthy, and is think you are still a sinner and struggling with sins , please do not surrender so quickly to these thoughts. Challenge these thoughts with what God says about you. Remember Good Friday and Easter. God had proven that you are worth it.