Recent
news reported that a rare Chinese bowl bought at a garage sale for $3 has sold
at a New York City auction for more than $2.2 million. The bowl was purchased
in 2007 and sat on the family’s mantle before selling it for such astronomical
price.
When
I heard about this five inches, white in color ordinary looking bowl, I
couldn’t help but start thinking how God looks at our value. We live in a
society where old is rejected. When we reach a certain age we begin to
depreciate our value. We get less traction applying for jobs. A younger,
smarter and energetic person is preferred over all the years of experience,
loyalty and common sense wisdom. At times this can be hard to swallow. But when
we discover our value in God, we become attractive, expensive and unstoppable.
This
piece of bowl fetched a great value from the auction not because it was coated
with silver or gold but because of who its owner was. Research proved that the
ordinary looking thousand-year-old ceramic bowl belonged to China’s Song
Dynasty. The value of the bowl came from who its owners were. In the same way,
your value is not wrapped up in what people say about you, what you can do or
what your talents are. Your value comes from who you belong to – the Almighty
God. When He created you, He breathed God-life into you. You may look ordinary
on the outside but you’re a royalty through and through! Don’t live one more day
thinking less of yourself.
Another
thing that got me thinking is how the bowl sat on the mantle collecting dust
year after year. Many had come and gone in that living room but nobody paid
much attention to this valuable item. If God has a mantle your eight
by eleven is sitting prominently on it. Your life may not have gotten much
traction in recent years but God has just the right time and the right person
to walk into your life and celebrate you like never before. You dream person
will waltz into your life. An Ace customer will take the business to the next
level. Long term sickness will be healed. A wayward child will come home. The
more time has passed between you and your situation the more dramatic your miracle
will be.
One
thing we need to do in our time of need is to reach out to others. Keep an
outward focus. Speak life, dreams and visions into people God brings into your
life. Say something big over their life. People will rise or fall to the value
we attach in them. We have a God-given responsibility to lift the fallen. Treat
them with utmost love, respect and honor. When we value others, God will make
sure to add value to our lives. He will bring the right appraiser, the right
evaluation and the backing of your character that will thrust you in the
forefront of things fetching great value.
At
times, we all feel a little down and discouraged. Remember, God says you’re
priceless. The devil will say
that you’re worthless. What you think of yourself will determine your ultimate
value.
“God demonstrates his own love for us
in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8 NIV).
Imagine God dying for you! You’re worth
more than all the diamonds in the world.
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