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daily, Bible-based perspective of hope, encouragement and
exhortation.
Tuesday,
December 31,
2019
"My
Net Worth"
Message summary: What is the most important aspect of "worth" in life? "What
is your life? You are a mist that appears for a
little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14). "However,
I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only
I may finish the race and complete the task the
Lord Jesus has given me--the task of testifying
to the gospel of God's grace" (Acts 20:24). "For
you have been bought with a price: therefore
glorify God in your body" (1 Corinthians 6:20).
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the
whole world and forfeits his soul?" (Matthew
16:26).
![]() However I am not a financial advisor and regular readers will not be surprised that financial net worth isn't the focus of this final Daily Encouragement message for 2019. (You'd likely be disappointed if it was!) However in this end of year message let us consider net worth in another, far more important, sense. What is the most important aspect of "worth" in life? This message is prompted by a song I heard yesterday titled "My Worth Is Not In What I Own", sung by Kristyn Getty and Fernando Ortega (link to video below). It, like so much of their music, is consistently thoughtful but let us especially muse on this stanza: Two
wonders here that I confess
My worth and my unworthiness My value fixed - my ransom paid At the cross "For
you have been bought with a price". My worth of
ultimate importance is based on the price paid by
Jesus Christ at the cross. My value is fixed because
the ransom was fully paid for my sins.
"Therefore glorify God in your body". The older we get the faster life seems to go by. We especially may consider this when another year goes by. In part that's because each year is a smaller and smaller percentage of life. When I was ten years old a year was 10% but now a year is just 1.54% of my life. God gave us a body to live in during our earthly existence. Our purpose is to glorify Him in our body. And God has given each of the redeemed a fundamental task in life. Like the apostle Paul, we all have "the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace". We are certainly called out and equipped with various specific giftings. If you are a follower of Jesus Christ you, like Paul, are called to testify to the Gospel of God's grace. As we say farewell to 2019 let us thank God for His steadfastness in our lives over the past year and reaffirm our commitment in 2020 to "the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace" as those bought with a price. Let us glorify God with our bodies, for that is our ultimate net worth! Be encouraged today, Stephen & Brooksyne Weber ![]() Prayer
adapted from the song, "My Worth Is Not In What I
Own"
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Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources
"My Worth Is
Not In What I Own"
Video
Keith and Kristyn Getty with
Fernando Ortega
MY WORTH IS NOT
IN WHAT I OWN
The story behind the song
Graham Kendrick Video
My Worth Is Not
in What I Own
(by Graham
Kendrick)
My worth is not
in what I own
Not in the strength of flesh and bone But in the costly wounds of love At the cross My worth is not in
skill or name
In win or lose, in pride or shame But in the blood of Christ that flowed At the cross I rejoice in my
Redeemer
Greatest Treasure, Wellspring of my soul I will trust in Him, no other. My soul is satisfied in Him alone. As summer flow'rs
we fade and die
Fame, youth and beauty hurry by But life eternal calls to us At the cross I will not boast
in wealth or might
Or human wisdom's fleeting light But I will boast in knowing Christ At the cross Two wonders here
that I confess
My worth and my unworthiness My value fixed - my ransom paid At the cross "No Longer
Slaves" Video
Voices Of Lee
"Knowing You"
Video
National Coalition of Men's
Ministries and Integrity
Music
Percentage
calculator What
percentage is one year of
your life?
Math was not one
of my stronger subjects so I
am sure thankful for these
widgets!
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