What is worship worth

I've spent a great deal of time praying for someone who means the world to me. In the midst of this, I've also been intised to buy a new car. ( I wont name names Ryan) as I was doing both, this thaought came to me.

It’s time to buy a new car.
Sometimes the idea is met with  excitement and anticipation and sometimes with a sense of dread, depending on the situation. Rarely is it a stress free experience to walk onto a car lot, especially when the salesperson walks out with that classic smile to greet you.

Suppose you walk onto a car lot and before you sits a brand new Camaro. It looks amazing. It handles like a dream. It is a picture of perfection. It is sleek. It is fast. It is beautiful. …and it is very expensive, sporting a price tag of a whopping $65,000. Not that I really know what they sell for, I just picked the number out of my head.

If money were no object, this might be the ultimate dream car, and the price tag would not matter. However, if you are on a budget, you might admire it for a bit but it would never come home with you and spend any time in your garage.

Off to the side of the lot and tucked almost out of view, you notice a rusted out, beat up 68 Mustang Fastback. The seats are torn. It smells. All the windows are broken. The tires are flat. It is an absolute eyesore. To most people this would be a piece of junk, ready for the scrap yard.

But wait… what if you're not most people? What if you happen to be a fan of classic cars? What if you catch this hunk of metal out of the corner of your eye and it ignites a thrill in your soul? What if you’ve been looking for this particular car for years and it’s been your dream to find one and to restore it to how it was intended to be? When you look at it, you don’t see the mess that it is. You see its potential. You see beauty. You see value. You see all that it can be.

To you, this car is worth far more than a hunk of scrap. As a matter of fact, you don’t care about how much it costs because you are willing to pay anything for it. It is worth it to you
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Two cars on the same lot. They sit at extreme opposites of the value spectrum, yet, until someone walks in and chooses to pay for them, neither of them is worth anything. They do not hold any value in and of themselves, they only have the value that you place on them. Their worth is found in what you, the buyer, are willing to pay for them.

God chose to pay the ultimate price for us. He has assigned onto us a value beyond measure. It is not dependent on us any more than the value of a car sitting on a lot has to do with itself. If no one chooses to pay for it, it just sits there.

The next time you feel worthless and good for nothing, remember, you have been bought with a price that is beyond anything you could ever dream or imagine. The One who bought you has placed immeasurable value on you. He thinks you’re worth it!