Finding Our Value Again

Have you ever lost something so valuable to you, you were willing to do anything to find it?

As a collector, I lose little pieces all the time. Often, it’s because I’ve forgotten about a piece until I need it for creating something new. In the book of Luke, Jesus tells the story of a woman who has a special coin she’s lost. She’s willing to tear her whole house apart in order to find it. When she does, she calls all her friends and neighbors over to party!

While I cherish my collection and this woman clearly adored her coin, Jesus loves us even more than we could love anything. He doesn’t forget about us. He doesn’t go searching for us only when He could use our assistance. He is constantly in pursuit of us.

However, he isn’t aggressive or pushy, as the word “pursuit” might suggest. He isn’t that guy who calls you nonstop or follows you around until you agree to go out with him. Jesus waits patiently for us to realize how much we need Him.

We are nothing without Jesus. We have to believe this before we can truly realize the value our relationship with Him. Because of His gracious love, we are worth everything to Him, the only one who is worth anything on His own.

Today, I encourage you to wander back to Jesus in whatever form that looks for you. Perhaps it’s joining a faith community or starting a Bible study. Maybe it’s carving time out of your day to be with God. Or it could even be accepting Jesus into your heart for the first time!

Jesus rejoices whenever we come back to Him and I promise He is waiting with open arms to wrap you in His love. ❤

“Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? ⁹ And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ ¹⁰ In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Luke 15:8-10

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Galatians 2:20