It is interesting how the world pegs a value on well-known people like businessmen, actors and actresses, sports starts and pop stars.
The media would say that their net worth is in millions or billions of dollars.
The assessment is obviously from the financial perspective and that is also the means that the world judges a person.
So the worth of a person in the eyes of the world is in dollars and cents.
But what is the worth of a person in the eyes of God?
In the gospel, Jesus says that each of us is worth more than hundreds of sparrows.
But that is just a figure of speech, because the 1st reading tells us our true worth.
It is in Christ that we are claimed as God's own children, chosen from the beginning, chosen for God's glory.
We are stamped with the seal of the Holy Spirit and that is the pledge of our eternal inheritance.
So our net worth is much more than millions or billions of dollars.
Our net worth is in heaven where our salvation awaits us, and that is the inheritance that God has promised us.
As we live out our faith here on earth, let us always remember the promise God has made to us.
Then we will live our lives worthy of His glory.