Firstfruits...you are of incredible worth

Life is fragile...Sometimes it doesn't make sense... I think that all of us wonder at times, if anyone really cares at all...

I think there are a lot of people who feel hopeless at times in this life...who struggle with a sense of worth. Who search for hope, and they seek something that will give their life worth, but don't find it. It is a heartbreaking journey to look for hope, and never find it...to long for worth, and just feel unworthy...

I was reading in the book of James today...and a verse really caught my eye which speaks of our incredible worth to God. It's an interesting little verse that may be hard to understand, but it holds an incredible truth
James 1:18 says: "Of his own will he (God) brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures."

James says that God made us as the "firstfruits" of his creatures....This might not seem to mean much, but if you look at how the Bible talks about "firstfruits" this little statement holds an incredible truth for all of us!

"Firstfruits" were the best of the best, which were to be set aside for God. So what James is really saying here is that you and I are made specially for God! Beyond ALL that God has created, he made us specially for himself! What greater worth could we be given, than to be the "firstfruits" for God.

However, firstfruits are meant for God...When God told his people to give him their firstfruits, it was a sign that all they had was from God, and he deserved the best of the best. When his people did not give Him the firstfruits, it was as if they were saying to God, "We don't need you..." I think this is what so many in our society are saying to God. We don't realize that God made us for himself.

You're search for worth, and for hope can only find fullfilment when you give yourself back to God through Christ...You were made for Him...You are the firstfruits of all creation!