Tag: Worth

Worth in All

There is worth in all. Yes, all. As a follower of Christ, it is up to me to find the worth and bring that out.

I know, how can I say that there is worth in all when there is clearly evil in the world? I am not going to argue only explain what I mean, provide evidence in God’s Word to back it up.

“3I will not set before my eyes

anything that is worthless.

I hate the work of those who fall away;

it shall not cling to me.”

— Psalm 101:3 (ESV)

First, let’s take a look here at what David says. He says that he will not look upon thing that are worthless and that he hates the “work”. Notice that he is not speaking of the person, only the things. So as we consider the worthless, it is derived from the things, not the people. Man is precious. He is the greatest creation of God.

“26Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’” “31And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.” – Genesis 1:26&31 (ESV)

Man was created by God, not just to be in existence, but to be the top of the chain, to “have dominion” over all else on the earth. And not only was man created, but he was created in the image of God and upon completion, God recognized him as “very good” not just good as with all else.

David saw that things may be worthless and that they can and should be put away as when identified. I see this as the looking on as there is value there. Worth is there somewhere as we look. At minimum, there is worth in the person from the perspective that man is precious in the eyes of the LORD and there is worth in the person.

I know what you are thinking, what about those who are evil, even just a couple verses down in Psalm, there is reference to destruction of slanderers and others. Well, to that I will say, there should always be the first response to save the person through the power of the LORD and His Word. And it is realized that they will not come around, then adverse action is taken. But, that does not mean there I not worth there. Doing away with the evil is not doing away with the person. We give it all we have and then, and only then, we move on to remove from our eyes and allow the LORD to deal with them in His way.

“14And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town. 15Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.” – Matthew 10:14-15 (ESV)

It is not up to me to judge. I am to look and work to find the worth in all. Know that there is worth in all. I should separate the man from the action and at look closely to find the worth as it is there. Remembering that the LORD created man as His pinnacle creation and therefore there is always worth to be found.

What is you view of worth in all? Are you lumping all things together and taking action as though they are all together? What if you were to look for the worth in all and recognized that it is there and that the LORD will take action otherwise?

Mighty Men of God Will be Saved

This morning as I study, I was reminded that even mighty men of God will be saved. Yes, they will not always be the one saving, but will be saved themselves. David was saved by Hushai when Absalom was pursuing to kill him. David, as we know, was a mighty man of God and was certainly capable of saving himself. Yet in this moment, he was saved by his friend Hushai who learned of the plot against him and sent to warn and advise him, thereby saving him from this instance.

“10Then even the valiant man, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will utterly melt with fear, for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and that those who are with him are valiant men.” and “15Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, ‘Thus and so did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and so have I counseled. 16Now therefore send quickly and tell David, “Do not stay tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king and all the people who are with him be swallowed up.”’” – 2 Samuel 17:10 & 15-16 (ESV)

The mighty man of God was saved.

If indeed mighty men of God will be saved in this world, why not us? I have to remember that the LORD cares for the birds and the mighty men the same.

“26Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?” – Matthew 6:26 (ESV)

Now, I know that the above was said by Jesus in the context of not being anxious and to know that the LORD provides for all. But here I see also that the LORD’s rescue of for all, even the birds as well as for the mighty men. I have to remember that the LORD cares for us all and that while I may not be the mighty man of God that David was, I am worth the redemption that comes from the LORD and He freely gives it to me.

We may not believe it, but all are worth the redemption that comes from the LORD. Even the mighty men of God who seemingly can save themselves will receive the freely given redemption. All men of God will be saved.

What is your view of the saving of mighty men? Should they fully save themselves? What if we looked at all men and worth the redemption and salvation given freely from God?