Neymar

Soccer star Neymar has just become the most expensive player in the history of the sport. A blockbuster deal that was completed Thursday sent Neymar from the Barcelona team to Paris Saint-Germain. The cost of the transfer? A mere $262 million!

It makes you stop and wonder what the worth of a human being is. Of course, our worth is not derived from our talent. Nor does our value depend on how much money we can earn for ourselves or our employer. A person’s worth ultimately is established by God, and here is what God thinks a person is worth—“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”—John 3:16.

That’s what a person is worth!