"Precious"

"Unto you therefore which believe he is precious..."  1 Peter 2:7a

Is the Lord precious to you?  Is your relationship with Him something that is precious to you?  Is it something that you value greatly?  Or do you take it for granted?  When something is precious (valuable, highly esteemed) to us, we treat it a certain way.  We take care of it.  We don't neglect it.  We don't abuse it.  We watch over it.  Back to the original question, is the Lord and your relationship with Him precious to you?  Next question, "How precious?"

You are very precious to God; He puts a high value on you.  He loves you very much and cares for you deeply.  So much so, that He gave up the very best He had to give (His Son Jesus) to ensure a relationship with you...that's just how precious you are.  Even now, God goes to great lengths to watch over this relationship that He has with you.  

There is another question.  Do you and God have mutual feelings concerning your relationship with one another?  Do you think He is as precious as He thinks you are?  God has a greater capacity to love than we do, after all, "God is love".  But do you love Him as much as is possible for you to?  Take a few moments to look at your relationship with the Lord.  As you do, consider the things that we have talked about.

Where does He stand on your "value" scale?  Is He on the top...more valuable than anything else?  Is He way down at the bottom...under everything else that you hold dear?  Or is He somewhere in the middle...above some things, but below others?  Where should He be?

Have a great day.  On a scale of one to ten...how precious is God and your relationship to Him?