Therefore, since we have been made right
in God's sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ
our Lord has done for us (Romans 5:1, NLT).
We can hold in our hands, objects
that are deemed precious because of their intrinsic value in their content such
as precious metals or jewels. We can also hole in our hands, things that have
become precious in their rarity as they have accumulated or been assessed great
values such as antiques, collectible items of countless variety and
substance.
We can treasure in our hearts and
memory: moments, occasions and seasons in our relationships with others that
become precious because we both value and esteem them in the highest regard
because of their meaning, significance and rarity.
Yet what is most precious in our
time on this earth is being precious to someone or having someone precious in
our lives. It is in these invaluable relational aspects of connecting and becoming
beloved or having someone beloved in our lives, that we find the most precious
of all that is precious.
Even beyond our relationships
with those precious to us, is the most precious of relationships with our Shepherd,
Savior and our Heavenly Father. To be named precious and held as precious by Jesus
as our tender Shepherd brings comfort in the most of discomforting moments. To
be redeemed by a dying Lord even though we are completely unworthy, sinful and
hopeless in our position and to be made holy and precious by His loving
sacrifice is absolutely indescribable. To be considered precious by the Living God
liberates us with a living hope beyond compare.
Finally when we realize we are beloved and precious as a child of the
Heavenly Father, we find a security and peace in our spirit and soul that is
simply amazing. What an amazing thing it is to be loved and precious in our
relationship with the Living God!
Amazing, simply amazing!
Because you are precious in my
eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in
exchange for your life (Isaiah 43:4, ESV).
Suggested Reading … Isaiah 43
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