Dirt Cheap?!

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June 3, 2014

Dirt ain't cheap!

It was a beautiful Monday evening.  I was hanging out with the family celebrating my sons crossing over from a cub scout to a boy scout.  I didn't realize that the "Blue and Gold" ceremony was such a big deal.  The ceremony finally began and the leader at the facility in which the ceremony was held was asked to open up in prayer.  Before he prayed, however, he told a wonderful story that had recently happened to him and his business.  He told us that a few months ago, the facility that we were gathered in was going to be foreclosed upon.  They had exhausted all of their attempts to keep the building and had resolved that the inevitable would happen.  But then ten days away from foreclosure, an angel with dirty boots showed up and said, "You know you have good dirt back behind your building?"  Needless to say, this stranger came in and saved this facility from foreclosure. That's not the best part.  When LeDerick and I spoke to the leader one-on-one that evening, he told us that the dirt contract was worth $1 million and that it not only saved them from foreclosure but allowed them to do much more.

The point of the story is we always use the idiom "dirt cheap", but dirt ain't cheap.  The idiom means to be extraordinarily cheap or inexpensive.  Most idioms with the word "dirt" in it has a negative connotation.  Such idioms are throwing dirt, talking dirty, taking a dirt nap, dirt poor, dishing the dirt, digging up dirt and dirty old man to name a few. 

You are valuable.

"God formed man out of dirt from the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life.  The man came alive - a living soul." Genesis 2:7 MSG

When God created Adam with dirt, He formed something good, something of value and of worth.  When Adam sinned, he soiled and tarnished the goodness that God placed in Him and he began to see himself as filthy and dirty (ironic) which is why he hid himself from God's presence. 



I've always had the perception of dirt to be consistent with its definition; any foul or filthy substance  such as mud, grime, dust or excrement.  It literally means to be worthless and vile, yet God made something of tremendous value from such a substance that He would send His Son Jesus to cleanse us and to rectify the dirty feelings and thoughts that we have when we view and evaluate ourselves. Our evaluation of ourselves should ALWAYS be through the blood of Christ. After all this is how God sees us.  Our righteousness is as filthy rags.  As a matter of fact, there is no goodness in us; there's only goodness in God our Father who made us acceptable through Christ.  Born-again believer's are righteous by gift. 



You may have gone through things or have done things that makes you feel dirty.  These things have threatened your confidence and when you see you, you don't see any worth.  Let me encourage you. You are perfect, whole and entire in Christ.  You are seated with Him in heavenly places.  All of your filth has been forgiven and forgotten.

This is what I've learned from that unforgettable Monday night:

1. You are important to your Father and His plans for you will not falter. Jeremiah 29:11
2. Your circumstance, no matter how far gone, is reachable. Ephesians 3:20
3. He is willing and able to help you. Hebrews 4:16
4. God is concerned about EVERY facet of your life, even to the smallest detail. Matthew 10:30
5. Dirt ain't cheap. John 3:16

Neither are you beloved.  You are priceless.  You were loved so much and there was so much worth placed on you and your life that God sent His Son who paid the ultimate price; a high price to redeem you.  This price was so high that no one else was capable of paying the debt; YOU ARE PRICELESS.

Friends, we must cease from obsessing over our shortcomings and look unto Him and who He is and what He's accomplished. Being persuaded of these things will keep us and teach us who we are #InHim.

I pray that you have been blessed and encouraged by this word.  The word of God can NEVER return void, it MUST accomplish what it was set out to do.  You are GREAT in God's eyes.  See yourself as He sees you, whole.

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In HIM,

Jos

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