In Luke 7 we read about the centurion who sent messengers to Jesus to ask Him to heal one of his servants. When they came to Jesus, they said, ‘This man deserves to have you do this, becuase he loves our nation and has built our synagogue’ (Luke 7:4). But in Luke 7:6-8 we see the centurion’s view of himself: ‘I did not consider myself worthy to come to you’. Jesus was amazed and granted his request.
We’re told these days that having low self-esteem is bad. This centurion apparently did, yet he clearly won favour with the Lord. The Bible is full of verses about humility and putting others first (e.g. Prov. 27:2, Rom. 12:3, Phil. 2:3, 1 Pet. 5:5). We need to have a right view of ourselves in the light of God. He is supreme; we are not. He is the one who controls our lives, not us. Every knee will bow before Him – that includes our knees as well.
Yet despite God’s glory and majesty, He sees us as His treasure (Matt. 13:44). He places great worth on our lives. Not only are we “worth more than many sparrows” (Luke 12:7) to Him, He sent His only Son to die in our place, that we might spend eternity in heaven with Him. What should our attitude be towards this? We shouldn’t get a big head about it. Rather, we should be filled with gratitude, that God saw something in us that was worth saving. To Him be glory and praise forever – thank You Lord.
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