오늘의 묵상
가치(value)가 가격으로 매겨진다면, 우리의 가치는 실로 엄청납니다. 하나님께서는 하늘의 가장 값진 보물을 취하셔서 우리를 죄와 사망에서 빼내어 사셨으며 그의 가족으로 우리를 입양시키셨습니다. 그 보물의 가치는, 은이나 금도 빛이 바랠 정도입니다.
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
If value is determined by price, we are incredibly valuable to God. Our Father took the most precious treasure of heaven and redeemed us out of sin, evil, and death to adopt us into his family through Jesus' sacrifice. Silver and gold pale in comparison to that value. Without this redemption, we were in a mess. We were trapped in "the empty way of life handed down to us". To know the depth of that empty way of life, we need to remember who we were before Christ (Ephesians 2:1-3; Romans 5:6-):
- Dead in our transgressions and sins.
- Following the ways of the evil ruler of the spiritual realm, who is at work among the disobedient.
- Gratifying the cravings of our flesh.
- By nature deserving of God's wrath.
- Powerless and ungodly sinners living as enemies of God.
But God chose to redeem us in love through "the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect." Now that we are redeemed, Christ presents us to God as "holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation" (Colossians 1:22). We are redeemed, bought out of our slavery to the emptiness of the sinful life the world chooses. So, dear brothers and sisters, let's live as who God has made us to be: valuable and precious to our Father!
내 기도
거룩하신 하나님, 도저히 값을 매길 수 없을 만큼 소중한 존재가 바로 저라는 것을 더 잘 알고 살아가길 원합니다. 제 말과 생각과 행동들 속에 그런 소중함이 스며있기를 원합니다. 그 이유는, 다른 이들에게 스스로를 중요하게 꾸며 보이려는 것이 아니라, 하나님의 소중한 선물에 경의를 표하고 거룩함 안에서 살기 위함입니다. 그 선물이신 예수님 이름으로 기도합니다. 아멘.
My Prayer...
Holy God, may I live each day more aware of my inestimable value to you. May my words, thoughts, and actions be permeated with your sense of my worth and not my regrets for a past life wasted on the empty ways of the world; not so that I might seem important to others, but so that I might display your holiness and righteous character in my life, bringing glory to you for the incredible gift of grace in Jesus. Through whom I pray. Amen.
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