Worth the Greatest Price
1 Corinthians 6:20 – For God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.
John’s dad had a favorite phrase. He told him often as he could.
“You aren’t worth one thin dime.”
He said it enough times that eventually John believed it. That phrase stuck with him and echoed in his brain. As John grew older, he couldn’t escape those words, and he became an angry, angry person.
By the time he was grown, the impact of his father’s words crept its way into John’s marriage. He couldn’t take it any longer, so he left. He did not believe he could ever be enough for them, so John took a passive role in his wife and son’s life.
In the separation, His estranged wife lent him the family van. The only problem was the radio. It was jammed, stuck on the Christian station. He slammed buttons and twisted knobs trying to make it stop playing.
Weeks went by. Months. Eventually, he quit fighting it and started listening.
Little by little, John’s heart softened. He came back home to his family and asked if they could start going to church. John stood in the water and was baptized.
For the first time in a long time, he felt like maybe his life could be worth something after all.
One day, John decided to clean underneath that car’s radio.
He pulled it out, and discovered why his radio was stuck. There, wedged beneath the preset button, was a single dime.
John just stared at it for a long time.
That same symbol that once represented worthlessness as a boy now told him something entirely different. The coin his earthly father used to define him had been used by his Heavenly Father to redeem him.
In that moment, John realized his worth was never up for debate. He life had been bought at the highest price—the life of God’s only Son.
He still carries that dime in his pocket as a reminder of the God who never stopped believing in him.
It makes me wonder — do you know you’re worth it, too?
A MOMENT TO REFLECT
- Are there words from your past that still shape the way you see yourself?
- How does knowing that you were “bought at a price” change the way you see your worth?
- What’s one way you can remind yourself this week that your value comes from God—not anyone else’s opinion?
