"Who is worthy...?"
"Worthy is the Lamb who was slain..."
--Revelation 5:2, 12
Where do I find my worth? Where do you?
We are entrenched in a culture that cries out for worth. Get enough likes on social media... worthy. Score a touchdown... worthy. Make enough money... worthy. Busy... worthy.
Each of these - and most places we search for worth - is based on performance. And that is a problem.
The movie Urban Cowboy introduced us to the song Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places. In much the same way, we look for worth in all the wrong places.
The heavenly scene unveiled in Revelation is difficult to comprehend and is often interpreted with skewed perspective or motives (see the footnote on A Stumbler's Walk | THE DOOR). The central character and theme of chapter five, and the Revelation as a whole, is Jesus. When we strip away the apocalyptic and other-worldly pictures, what emerges is Jesus as the victorious Worthy One.
You and I are worthy not because of our Instagram likes or net worth. We are worthy because we are worth something (everything) to the Worthy One. We are worthy because God created us with worth. And he finds us so worth it, that Jesus (The Worthy One) sacrificed himself for us - even when our worth was tarnished by selfishness, false proclamations of worth, and shadowy feelings of worthlessness.
You and I are worth more than we can ever know. This, not because of of our performance, but because of who we are. You ask my why I'm worthy? Because the (only) One who is truly worthy in and of himself said so! And that's enough.
God, The Lamb is Worthy! And because He is, I can truly find my worth.
For now...
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