Value

 

Michael Jackson’s white gloves sold for $350,000 in 2009.  I have gloves that I use for roofing that look very similar but sell for about $4.  So, what gives?!  Why can’t I up the price of my gloves?!  Why are Michael Jackson’s gloves worth so much more than my gloves?!  Well, there are two reasons.  The first reason is who wore the gloves.  Michael Jackson was famous, and Gerald Whitely is not.  And the second reason is the price someone is willing to pay.  Someone valued Michael Jackson’s gloves so much that they were willing to pay $350,000 for them.  But no one is willing to pay more than $4 for my gloves.  Hey, there’s a great lesson here!  In the whole scheme of things, I am not worth that much.  But God sent His precious Son, Jesus Christ, to give His life to redeem my soul.  Therefore, God puts an extreme value upon me.  And God puts extreme value upon you!  You are special to Almighty God!  The apostle Peter said in I Peter 1:18,19, “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.”  Jesus paid an expensive price for your soul.  Have you accepted His offer of salvation?  Never forget that Jesus loves you so much … much more than $350,000!