The Value of Life

I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.  Wonderful are Your works; my soul knows it very well.  (Psalm 139:14)

This Sunday we celebrate Life Sunday – a day that we set aside to look at the value of life as a wonderful gift of God.  When you look in the mirror, do you say along with the psalmist, “I am fearfully and wonderfully made”?  Did you know that you are wonderfully made?  It’s true – God personally created each and every one of us!  Psalm 139 tells us that God knitted each of us in our mother’s womb.   

The fact that God has created us each by hand and breathed into us His life-giving breath shows us just how valuable life is – and how valuable you are!  What an amazing difference that makes in our lives!  Satan though, loves to show us the effects of sin – to show us our frail bodies that are slowly dying.  The devil says to us, “How valuable could you be?  You sin constantly, your bodies are full of imperfections, you fight and quarrel even with your closest family members – how valuable could you really be?”

God answers that question by sending His Son, Jesus Christ, to be our Savior.  We are so valuable to God that we couldn’t be bought with silver or gold – but only by the blood of Christ.  1 Peter 1:18-19 tells us, “knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.” 

So the next time you look in the mirror, remember the words of Psalm 139, and rejoice in the gift of life our Heavenly Father gives us – and rejoice in the fact that you are His creation – fearfully and wonderfully made!