By Al Behel
Recently, a man commented to me, "I have
made more money this year than in any other year of my life
and all I have to show for it is a broken marriage."
He would have given everything he acquired to have had a
stable, loving marriage. Another woman who had left
her husband for another man to only be quickly left by him,
took her own life in a hotel room. She left a note
which said, “don’t cry for me, I’m not even human
anymore.”
Strangely, when we look back at our
accomplishments, mistakes, and losses, we must realize that
none of those really define us. When God made us in
His image He separated us from all other parts of His
creation. Evolution has robed many of their sense of
being in God's image. Instead, they think we are
nothing more than animals since we just evolved from lower
forms of animal life. When God created us in His image
He placed a living soul inside us, a soul that would live
eternally. Like God, we can never cease to
exist. He placed intellect and will inside us.
He gave us choices. As His image barriers, we are
separated from the animals around us who will cease to live
at their death. Yet, we will not cease when our souls
depart our bodies.
Since we have eternal souls within us
that will live eternally, either in heaven with God, or with
Satan in hell, what is that soul worth. Jesus asked
the poignant question, "For what is a man profited if he
gains the whole world and loses his soul?" Clearly the human
soul is worth more than all the wealth our world can
afford. That prompts a thoughtful question for us,
"What is the priority of my life?" Or, "Am I willing
to sacrifice my soul for anything?" Your soul has a
divine origin and is worth the life of God's own Son.
You were made in His image and your call is to walk in that
image and portray it to the world around us.
- Al Behel preaches for the Great Smoky
Mountains Church of Christ in Pigeon Forge, TN. He may be
contacted through the congregation's website: http://greatsmokymountainschurchofchrist.com/
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