Just How Precious Are You?

Here is the question I am posing to my readers today:

Just how precious are you to God, anyways?

And, do you even know the answer?

Luckily, i am going to help you answer it.

Are you aware that the Temple Mount in Jerusalaem is the most hotly-argued piece of real estate in the world?
The Muslims claim it belongs to them, and it is a holy site to their religion, where millions of Muslims make pilgramages to it every year, to worship at their mosque there.
The Jews claim it belongs to them.

Throughout history, this much-contested small strip of land is where the most arguments and hottest religious fervor are found.

This is the very parcel of land that God commanded King Solomon to build His Temple on. This is where the Jews worshipped God, and made their sacrifices to him.

Many have tried to claim this land throughout history.

Do you know that in the Bible, not once but TWICE, it is recorded that this land was bought. Get that. This holy site, was bought not just once by the Jews, but TWICE. Any person or persons who say that this area belongs to any but the Jews, is fooling and deluding themselves. God made sure that not only was it bought once, but He then had the Jews buy, again, something that was already theirs.

What, you ask, does this have to do with your preciousness in God's eyes?

You, my dearest one, belong to God. After all, He MADE you. God created you, out of materials that He owned (He made them, too), and gave you life. Surely this, in and of itself, would be enough to show us that we belong to God, right?

Wrong. Nope, once was not good enough for God.

Just as God had the Jews twice purchased the Temple site, the holy place where God commanded His people to worship Him, so too does God show us His high esteem for us, His great love and compassion and passion for us, that God took us and purchased us again as well.

After having created us, and thus showing us that we belong to Him and Him alone, God watched as we gave ourselves over to sin and let it rule us, effectively making Satan our master. So then, God sent Jesus to die for us, to purchase the price for our sins, once again drawing us to Himself and showing us that we belong to Him and to Him alone.

And that, my friends, is just how much God loves you.