Retail stores are full of items with price tags. They set a value on the item being offered for sale. But before these items were ever offered to the public, the company had to actually determine the value first. Then the price would be set.

Likewise, to our Heavenly Father, we are not without price. A price on us was determined, set, and paid…

“For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.” I Corinthians 6:20

We were bought at a price. The bible is clear about the price Jesus paid for you and me…

“… Be shepherds of God’s church. He bought it with his own blood.”

Acts 20:28

You and I are the purchased possessions of Jesus. His precious blood was spilled for us so that our lives could be redeemed from sin and death. He purchased us so that our lives could be filled with HIS LIFE and PURPOSE. What amazing love from the Father, that He would determine such a value for us!

Gold and silver couldn’t do it. The most valuable things of this world were not sufficient to compare with us, or to define our worth and value. Much like gold sets the standard here on earth to define value, the blood of Christ is the heavenly standard which sets our value…

“knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.” I Peter 1:18-19

If God has set such a price on His Church – His Bride – His people – such love demands our full and complete embrace of such a value. We demonstrate this by believing and receiving it, and daily and intentionally aligning our own estimation of our value with the eternal price Jesus paid. We reject any other thought that dares to undervalue us. What else could compete with the precious blood of Christ?

From a devotional by Kirk Henderson