Lent Devotion: What Is Jesus Worth to You?

What Is Jesus Worth to You?Sermon preached by Pastor Joel Vogel at Mt Olive on February 25, 2026.Text: Zechariah 11:7-137So I shepherded the flock which is to be slaughtered, especially the most afflicted of the flock. I took two staffs for myself. One I called Favor and the other Union. Then I shepherded the flock. 8I removed three shepherds in one month. I grew very impatient with the flock, and they really detested me. 9So I said, “I will not shepherd you. Whatever is dying, let it die. Whatever is being destroyed, let it be destroyed. And let those who remain devour one another’s flesh.” 10I took my staff, Favor, and I broke it in two, to cancel my covenant that I had made with all the peoples. 11So it was cancelled on that day, and the most miserable of the flock, who were watching me, knew that this was the word of the LORD. 12Then I said to them, “If it seems good to you, pay me my wages. But if it does not, withhold them.” So they weighed out thirty pieces of silver as my wages. 13Then the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter, this magnificent price at which they valued me.” So I took the thirty pieces of silver, and I threw them into the House of the LORD, to the potter. Holy Bible: Evangelical Heritage Version (Milwaukee, WI: Northwestern Publishing House, 2019), Zec 11:7–13.