A Hundred-Dollar Bill's Unchanging Worth
Object Lesson★★★★A $100 bill can be crumpled, mashed, or spit on and it is still worth $100. Its value is not determined by what happens to it, but instead by the one who consigned it. The government says that this is worth $100. So it is worth $100 even if it is mistreated, stepped on, and spit on. It can even be ripped and taped back together and still be worth $100. Many Christians feel that in their lives they have been stomped on, crushed, and bruised. However, their worth is not affected because their value has been consigned by another.
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The point
A crumpled, torn, and soiled $100 bill retains its full value because the government declares it so; similarly, a Christian's worth is unchanging because it is set by God, not by life's hardships.
The lesson
Your value does not change no matter what happens to you, because God says you are valuable.