Do you sometimes feel worthless? Or, at times, have you been slighted or treated as though you were of little value? Should we value some people more/less than others? And how should we set a value upon each other? Let’s open the Bible and find some answers. Remember to pray and ask God to give us wisdom before we read His word. How much does God care for us? And how much does He value us?

Matthew 10:29-31, “Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows”. God cares for his creation (the sparrows in this case) so much! In fact, not even one sparrow dies and falls on the ground without God noticing it. But to us sparrows seem so small and worthless, in fact in the Bible times two sparrows were sold for a farthing (less than one cent)! If God values the sparrows so much, how much does He care for, and value us? Are not we of more value than many sparrows? Yes! In fact, God knows so much about us that even every hair on our head is numbered! But how much are you and I truly worth? And what value should we place upon each other?

Often we’ll look at the work someone is doing, and if they’re doing a poor job, perhaps always making mistakes, then we view that person as of little value. But is this the correct way of seeing value in someone? In a friendship, if one person is not showing kindness, sympathy or love to the other, is it because they don’t really value or appreciate that person as they should? Think about it, if we truly saw the value of people as God does, would we still treat each other the way we do? What value does God place upon us? Remember the verse we read earlier. “Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.” Think of it, not one of these little brown sparrows that are carolling forth their praises to God will fall to the ground without the notice of the heavenly Father. Not one of these little brown sparrows that the boys so ruthlessly kill, drops to the ground but his eye marks its fall. “But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.” If God cares for a sparrow that has no soul, how will he care for the purchase of the blood of Christ? One soul is worth more than all the world. For one soul Jesus would have passed through the agony of Calvary that that one might be saved in his kingdom. “Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows”.

And this is the key to seeing and understanding the value of you and me and all other people in the world, that is, to see our value in light of what Jesus did to save us! 1 John 3:1, “Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed on us that we should be called the sons of God: therefore, the world knoweth us not, because it know Him not”. It really speaks to me of Gods great love for us.

Ephesians 2:4-10, “But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions-it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do”.

How much Jesus loves us! Think about how Jesus, the great powerful Creator, became a man and walked among us, and then was crucified in the hands of those He had created!! And He did it because He loved and valued us so much, that He wanted to save us from our sins! So are we not of far greater value than anything in this world?

The worth of a human soul can be estimated only by the light reflected from the cross of Calvary. It was the joy set before Christ in accomplishing so great salvation, that led Him to submit to shame, agony, and death. How do all the treasures and the glories of earth sink into insignificance when compared with the value of a human soul!

Let’s remember how much we are of value in God’s eyes! And remember to be kind and loving to all the people in this world because of what Jesus has done for us, and the great worth He has place on us all.