It’s so easy to do. We so often measure our worth and our meaning by our “net worth.” The idea is grounded in the very word itself. You are worth whatever value your house. You are worth whatever money you have in your bank account. Our money, property, and possessions can quickly use these measures to define the value of a person. And so the lie creeps in – “I am what I have.”

But what happens when we lose those things like Job did? What happens in our hearts if we never have those things at all? And so, our hearts sink again.

But call out the lie! We are not what we have. We are so much more. We are worth the value of blood of God’s own Son who gave his life as the redemption price for us. We are totally competent and sufficient in Christ! We are nothing but beggars who are nothing but what we have received by grace! We are jars of clay so show that the all surpassing power is God’s and not ours. We are sent. One final practice in this series will help us combat these identity lies: Open hands. On the one hand, we are nothing but beggars who receive with open hands what comes graciously from God’s own hand. And on the other hand, we are nothing but generous kings and queens who give away with open hands what God has so carefully entrusted to us. 2 Corinthians 4:1-12