More Precious Than Gold
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 Posted by Lisa
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I’ve had four
funerals in the past couple of months, not all of which I could attend but
mourned and reflected nonetheless. Three of them where significant “firsts” in my family’s
close knit community. The forth was a stillbirth.
Grief hits hard but death is a part of life.
Funerals
always get us talking. We hear encouraging words from friends, stories from
families and comfort from pastors. We start thinking about our own
mortality. Many grab a hold of what time
they have and “live” again. Many begin to ask about streets of gold and wonder
if the reality is for them. Is there a Heaven? Will they enter it? And if so, is it really a golden city? Why?
Gold.
It is a
common description for intangible worth in Scripture. Ancient people knew in an instant that gold
was only for a select few. It was not meant for every day folk. So to hear they could be heirs to a throne and their faith
was far greater than what was only attainable to kings, was of great
encouragement!
This got me
thinking about many today. Many who do not know Christ and have become trapped by their sin may not
understand when I tell them they are worth more than gold. Sometimes in our failures and subsequent
sadness we forget what our Jesus did for us. Sometimes we think we are too far
gone and can never enter the Kingdom of God. Why would God want to rescue us and redeem our stories? But Scripture has the power to cut
through that lie. This is what one psalmist wrote,
“He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me. They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the Lord was my support. He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.” (Psalm 18:16-19)
I needed this reminder today. Perhaps you did
too. You were made worthy by the blood of Jesus Christ because He delights in
you.
You are worthy to walk into the City of Gold. Turn
to Him today. And if for some divine reason you fell upon this blog and have
forgotten your worth…turn back to Him.
He has never left you.
