January 29
Some of us take an avid interest in the lives of people who seem to have ‘made it,’ in those whose lives exceed the ordinary. They appear, from our vantage point of ordinariness to, ‘have it all’. We follow the events of their lives and bask vicariously in the glamor and excitement that elude our own.
We perhaps think we’ve gotten short shrift in the scheme of things; that life’s greatest gifts have been doled out to others but not to us. We may acknowledge that the green-eyed monster of envy has crept into our thinking and that we are discontented at the core of our being with who we are.
There is an amazing word in John 1:12 that should forever dispel the notion that any one of us lacks any good thing that makes life worthwhile. No, it has nothing to do with our social strata or the amount of money in our portfolio. It isn’t contingent upon how many people find us fascinating or noteworthy. It exceeds the trappings the world considers to be of value.
It says, “To all who receive Jesus Christ, to those who believe in His name, He gave the power to become the children of God.” Whether rich or poor, whether famous or unknown, whether scintillating or dull as dishwater, we who have Christ as Savior and Lord are children of the Living God. It simply doesn’t get any better than that!
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