THE REALITY ABOUT SELF ESTEEM AND WORTH

The story of a couple who went on a vacation to Paris and decided to visit the Louvre, one of the most famous art museums in the world…

In the Louvre is the famous painting, Mona Lisa.

The Mona Lisa painting was heavily guarded, a perimeter was built roundabout it to keep visitors from getting too close to the art work.

The couple noticed the presence of larger paintings and exquisite arts that are more impressive but none received the protection and grace the Mona Lisa received. The couple were told that Mona Lisa was so priceless because she was painted by Leonardo da Vinci.

“The painting itself wasn’t so special; the person who created it was special.”

It is an established fact that true esteem and value is what everyone wants, yet the number of people living the experience of true esteem is very few.

Every now and then books on self-esteem and self-development are being churned out, filling the shelves of our book stores, yet only few seem to have obtained it.

The worth and value of the art is dependent on how valuable the creator is perceived to be. The source gives worth to the product. If the Mona Lisa painting is priceless – an inanimate object hanging on the wall, created by a mortal who’s been dead for over five centuries – what does that say about your value, as a living work of art created by the living God?

Don’t you know that it is written concerning you and I, “We are God’s [own] handiwork (His masterpiece, workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus.” The fact that we are His workmanship, His masterpiece, created in Christ Jesus and that we “were not purchased with corruptible things, as silver and gold,” “but purchased with His own blood,” makes us more than priceless.

The true source of self-esteem and worth can be found in our comprehension of the Ephesians TwoTen exposition of who we are and the person who created us on the canvas of this earth. Note that we don’t merely hang on the wall, we walk through life. We must therefore, walk with the consciousness of our worth.

Remember, the worth and value of the art is dependent on how valuable the creator is perceived to be and that the source gives worth to the product.

 

 

Paul Abalaka