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Just say the name "Rockefeller"
and anyone in the USA immediately equates this name with one of the
wealthiest families in the history of this country. John D. Rockefeller
co-founded the Standard Oil Company in 1870 with a few others just when the gasoline
industry was in its infancy. Little did anyone realize at the time just
how much the world was going to need gasoline.
As the industry began to
boom, Mr. Rockefeller became the first billionaire in the world. He
eventually left the company and lived in retirement for the last 40 years of
his life. To his credit, he became the inventor of what is known as
philanthropy, strategically giving a majority of his wealth away to endeavors
such as medicine, education and scientific research. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller)
Eileen Rockefeller is one of
his current day heirs. She is the great granddaughter of John D.
In an interview by Mo Rocca with CBS, Mrs. Rockefeller made a statement that
is worthy of every person's consideration. At one point during the
interview, Rocca said that most people would like to have the problems Mrs.
Rockefeller had. Take note of her response.
"There is no question
that the privileges have way outweighed the responsibilities, the
difficulties. But where I think I feel common ground with everybody watching
is that we all suffer from something growing up. And it doesn't matter if we
have money or don't have money; we suffer in our own ways. And the net worth
of our bank account is not nearly so important, ultimately, as the
self-worth." (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/growing-up-rockefeller/2/)
For we who are in Christ, of
all of the people in the world, we should jump up and say, "Yea".
Our self-worth is based not on our net-worth but on our heavenly-worth.
Everything in this world is ultimately valued by what another is willing to
give for it.
For example, imagine that you
had a diamond and wanted to know its real worth. Who would you go to?
You would go to an expert jeweler. Let's say you do that and she tells
you it is worth $1 million. That would be quite a diamond, wouldn't
it? Now, ponder this question. What about us? Where do we
sometimes go to determine our worth? Well, the reality is that we go to
our spouse, friends, marital status, finances, job, sports, personal
performance, religion and more in looking for our answer. Yet all of
these places are very finicky. The best place and only fulfilling place
to go is to our Creator.
When He looks at we who have
placed our faith in Christ, He has made our worth clearer than The Hope
Diamond. He says, "To me, you are worth my son Jesus
Christ. I gave Him for you." Talk about authentic
self-worth! That is fantabulous times a zillion! You are the pearl of
great value spoken about in Matthew 13:45-46. "Again, the
Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant on the lookout for choice pearls. When
he discovered a pearl of great value, he sold everything he owned and bought
it! "
I challenge you this week, to
believe in your self-worth in Christ by agreeing with God and by confessing
what He says is true about you over and over out loud.
Father, because You gave Your
son Jesus Christ for me, You have proven that I have great worth in Your
eyes. So, because You say I have great worth, I agree with You that I
have great worth.
For the Freedom of Others,
Mark Maulding 
(on
behalf of the GLI staff)
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