Worthy or Worth it?

PK’s Corner February 2010

Worthy or Worth It.

Matthew 8:8: The Centurion answered “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only speak the word, and my servant will be healed.”

This is probably one of the most beautiful scenes in the Bible.  Here is a Roman Centurion asking Jesus to just speak so his servant can be made whole, a person realizing the presence of God in his midst and knowing that his life is not ready for the holy.  Not only is this a beautiful scene, but it also shows the short comings of humanity.  You see, we all have this mistaken belief that somewhere out there is somebody who is worthy to stand before God, and have God in their lives. 

In the modern world we hear the centurion’s words with a bit of different flair. “I’m not good enough to go to church, I don’t want to be around all those hypocrites, I have gone too far to be saved, Jesus doesn’t want me”, all of these comments just show how little we understand God.

True, no one is worthy to approach God, and that is precisely why God came to us in Jesus Christ.  We could not, so God did, and we will not, but God still does.    It is the fact that we aren’t worthy that God makes a way for us to have a relationship with God.

Folks, I don’t know where you are, but I know where God is.  God wants a relationship with you, even if you think you are not worthy, God thinks you are worth it.

Amen