Precious

Let’s talk about the word “precious” today.

The dictionary defines precious as: Of great price, costly, of great value or worth, very valuable, highly valued, much esteemed.

Now we are going to look at scriptures with that word.

In Proverbs 3:15 we are told that wisdom is more precious (valuable) than rubies, and nothing you can desire can be compared to wisdom. God’s wisdom is available to help us in any situation in which we find ourselves. We will know what to do if we yield to His wisdom. We will have a sense of how to handle everything.

In James 5:7 we see that God the Father waits patiently for the precious fruit of the earth, the harvest of people for His kingdom. He wants everyone back home again in His Kingdom while they are here on the earth. He doesn’t want to have to wait until people die for them to enjoy what He has for them.

1 Peter 1:18 & 19 states that we have been redeemed, purchased, ransomed from our useless, fruitless way of living, our old lifestyle, with the precious blood of Christ, the Anointed One and His anointing. Just think, the blood of Jesus Christ has been shed that we might go free, be redeemed, paid for with a price, bought with a price and we are not our own. He has purchased us from the pawnshop of satan where we were in bondage.

1 Peter 2:7---For those of us who believe in Christ, He is precious. Christ is valuable, of a great price beyond measure. He is the most valuable part of our lives. His relationship with us is measureless, no price great enough to place on it.

In Isaiah 28:16 and 1 Peter 2:6 Christ is called the cornerstone, the sure foundation which is precious. A cornerstone is that which is the basic foundation stone for that which is built. Our life is to be built on Jesus Christ as the chief foundation of our existence, of our entire being. He is our all-in-all. He is our everything.

In Isaiah 13:12 and 43:4 the Israelites and mankind are called precious in God’s sight and loved by God. You see, you are very special to God the Father, to Jesus, to the Holy Spirit. You are loved, regardless of how unworthy you think you are or how awful you think you are or how much you have done wrong. You see, your worth is not based on what you think or what you have done. You worth is based upon what God thinks about you. Your worth is based upon the price that was paid for you.

Finally, in 2 Peter 1:4 God’s promises, His Word, is called precious. His Word is the most valuable, the most precious, the most priceless thing you have available to you, the most necessary element in your life, for you to live in this world and not only to live, but to live victoriously while you are here.

In Summary, Christ, the most precious Son of God, the precious cornerstone of life, shed His precious blood because He saw you as precious; and, in fact, saw you so precious that He gave you His very precious Word, everything He knows and walks in Himself and left you His precious Wisdom to use. Now if that doesn’t get you excited, you need a blood transfusion. Yes, maybe you need a transfusion of the Blood of Jesus. Take a big dose of it today.