Are You A V.I.P.

 Are You A V.I.P.

The estimated population of the world was reported to be 7.8 billion (2021).How many people have ever been born since the beginning of time? Someone estimated this to be 117 billion. I think that estimate is way too low. Only God knows. Of the total number of people ever born, with the exception of Jesus, who has God considered the most important? Of those 7.8 billion living today who would God pick as most important? What about those now living in our nation? Who is the most important in your state, your town, or just the people you know? There would be a lot of arguments about who is the most important. Sadly there are many who at the very least think they are more important than someone they know. 

How can anyone think they are more important than others when the Bible tells us, “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.” Another verse says. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” There is no mention in this verse that says God loves any of the 7.8 billion people in the world more than others. We can safely say that considers any human more important than any other human.

Somewhere in the world there is a little boy known only by his parents and he will never be known outside his village nor be considered great by the world’s standards. But in the eyes of God this small boy is as important as the wealthiest most well known man in the world. God loves him as much as he does the person thean some might consider to be most worthy of God’s love. 

And there you are. You may not think you are important. You may feel unworthy of God’s love because you just can’t seem to live the way you think you should. Your importance to God is not based on your status in the world. God’s love for you does not depend on the good you haven’t done or the bad you have done. God’s great love for you and the fact that you are extremely important to him are evident because you are his precious creation. Only our infinite God could pick you out of 7.6 billion people at this moment and say, “I love you so much that I gave my Son to die for you so that you might have eternal live. You are incredibly important to me!”