My god is worthy

Since creation, God has imprinted the human being with a stamp of dignity for a simple reason: we were made in his image and likeness. Dignity has to do with virtue, morality, integrity and honor. Paul reminds us "Because those whom God knew beforehand, he also predestined to be transformed according to the image of his Son "(Ro 8.29). And the writer of Hebrews highlights this impressive idea: The Son is the radiance of God's glory, the faithful image of what he is, and the one who sustains all things with his mighty word. (Heb 1.3a). So we can safely say that God dignified us with a natural dignity by creating us. Sin entered humanity, contaminated that blessing and only in Christ can we restore it. Thanks to that restoration, we only become worthy of God's infinite mercy and grace through the inscrutable merits of Christ.

Even so, God wants his children to be upright, honorable, decent, and adhere to an ethic founded on the foundations of salvation; worthy of his love, of his grace. We were made to reflect the image of God, to be completed in Christ, the potter who constantly redesigns our hearts to conform to the criteria of holiness that glorifies his name.

Our Lord, creator and savior, is the only one worthy of all glory, praise and honor. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and His greatness is inscrutable (Ps 145.3). However, there are also abundant among Christians, those who seek to be worthy of praise and fall into the turbulent waters of deification, a contagious disease that spreads rapidly if it is not treated with haste and wisdom, thus avoiding devastating damage in the Lord's church. God is worthy, sovereignly, because He is God. Man is worthy insofar as he reflects God in his morality and integrity. In Christ we have the privilege of seeking the holiness that makes us truly worthy, because only in him can the transformation of our life be a reality. I dare to affirm absolutely - and may postmodernists forgive me - that without an intimate and devotional relationship with Christ it is unthinkable to aspire to plausible dignity the way God intended.

This was the thought of Paul when he wrote to the brothers in Ephesus from prison: "I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you live (walk) in a way worthy of the vocation with which you have been called" (Eph. 4.1). This is a great call because we have been called by Him to live according to his will manifested in his Word and embodied in the bearer of the heavenly message par excellence: Jesus Christ and his restorative and reconciling gospel. Also from prison Paul exhorted the Philippians: "Only behave in a way worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that ... I can hear that you are steadfast in one spirit, striving unanimously for the faith of the gospel" (Phil 1.27) .

That is what the gospel is about. In the Declaration of Quito, Third Latin American Congress of Evangelization (Quito, Ecuador, 1992) it is said: "In Christ, God is restoring human dignity, transforming cultures and leading their creation towards final redemption." This is a reality, although the church must play a more committed role in defending human dignity, respect and the right to life, and against the violation of the rights decreed by God for human beings; that of being appreciated, respected and distinguished as the crown of his creation.

The Lord is worthy and deserving of all honor, power, praise. Christ clothes us with a new dignity as children of God, encourages us to fight for our holiness and his gospel, to be worthy of an immensely great salvation. Let us be worthy heirs of a condition that we did not deserve and that only his amazing love was able to achieve.

God bless you.

Suggested Reading: Psalm 100