Man is obsessed with achievement, but we rank some achievements higher than others. We almost worship our sports heroes, our world class performers, but we don't feel like life-failures if we don't excel in that arena ourselves. Likewise performance skills.
However, academic prowess is an altogether different matter. As a society, we have become so obsessed with academic achievement that anyone who doesn't do well in this field feels like a total loser. We have even adopted a system of attaching numbers that supposedly measure one's potential. One of those systems is called IQ. The fact that the method of testing is limited and flawed appears to make no difference to the significance we attach to those numbers. Woe betide the child with the high IQ who scores only Ds at school (yet another system of numbering achievement), and how little we expect of the child with the below-average IQ. These numbers are taken so seriously.
But God has a different system of measuring. God is as little impressed by intelligence as He is by wealth. God values people according to His own measure. He rated each and every one of us valuable enough to be worth sending His only begotten Son to die for us, so that He could have a personal relationship with us.
So let's not get too hung up on those wretched numbers. Let's try to see ourselves through God's eyes. Valuable. Precious beyond price. Unique.
No comments:
Post a Comment