Deep thought for the day...

On Saturday we were talking about the value of the church, looking at verses like Ephesians 1:22, "and he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church..." or Acts 20:28, "Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which he purchased with his own blood."

I realized that the act of Christ being the payment for our sins defined our value to be of equal value to Christ himself. Let that sink in for a moment.

When someone pays a certain amount for something, they declare it to be of that value for them. For example, someone paid $26,000 for a piece of virtual real estate in a computer game last year. By doing that, that hard drive space on which that real estate exists became that valuable...to that person. Now, that's a relative thing. There's no way I (or probably you) would ever pay that amount of money for something virtual, but for that person, it was worth it.

Now here's the really cool part: Since God is the ultimate, absolute authority of the universe, when he declares us to be as valuable as his own Son, he thereby is objectively declaring our value to be that of his own Son.
What is subjective to God is objective to us, since God is absolute!

BTW, this is why there are verses like "to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus..." - God is placing us on the same level as Christ himself when it comes to value.

Now for a few caveats - naturally, we are not God, nor ever will be. We are not the Firstborn, nor the Head, nor "above all else".

But we are the Body - and the Body is as valuable as the Head! And that rocks my world. :)

Any thoughts?