A little girl was asked what she wanted to be when she grew up. She screamed, “Famous!”
Fame is nothing more than name recognition. You’re famous if everyone
knows your name and takes pictures of you.
Which person in the picture is more valuable? The unknown homeless man pictured on the left, or Taylor Swift, one of the most famous people in the world, who is pictured on the right. 99.99% of people would say Taylor Swift is more valuable. But does fame really make her more valuable?
What if they switched places? The homeless man would become a world-famous singer, and Taylor Swift would be an unknown homeless person living in a cardboard house. Everyone would be begging for his autograph, and everyone would be looking down on her. Same people. Different status.
But God sees people differently than we do. In God’s eyes, the homeless person sleeping in a cardboard box is just as valuable as the most admired movie star sleeping in a mansion. Proverbs 22:2 says, “The rich and the poor have a common bond; the Lord is the maker of them all.” The fact that God created every person makes everyone valuable. Only by looking through God’s eyes will you understand that everyone is valuable, but no one is more valuable than anyone else.
How much is a person worth? Jesus said, “What do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?” (Matt. 16:26). It doesn’t matter whether you’re famous or homeless, your soul is with worth MORE THAN all the gold, silver, cryptocurrency, money, and property in the entire world! The one thing you DON’T want to do is “lose your soul.” Jesus came to earth to save your soul (Luke 19:10), which keeps you from losing it.What’s
my point? Stop looking at people through the lens of fame or the lens of shame.
Remember that no one is better than anyone else, and everyone has an eternal
soul that needs to be saved. www.makinglifecount.net
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