What do you prize more than anything in this world?  Is it a job? You finally got the job of your dreams.  Is it a son or daughter, or maybe, is it a grand baby?  (I may be guilty in that example!) Is it the money you have saved for retirement?  We all need to make wise choices with what God has blessed us with. Is it our education? Do you still have your letter sweater, trophies, and medals that you earned in high school? We all have our treasures, but we should never put them in front of our God.  They are blessings from God.  Do you realize just how special you are to God?

The Lord your God commands you this day to follow these decrees and laws; carefully observe them with all of your heart and with all of your soul. You have declared this day that the Lord is your God and that you will walk in His ways, that you will keep His decrees, commands, and laws, and that you will obey Him. And the Lord has declared this day that you are His people, His PRIZED POSSESSION.   He has declared that He will set you in praise, fame, and honor high above all the nations He has made that you will be a people Holy to the Lord your God, as He promised. Deut. 26: 16-19

Brothers and Sisters, we serve a Great God; we are His prized possession!  The God who made the heaven and the earth; the God who made everything, including sunrises, sunsets, the oceans, flora, and fauna calls all those things “good”, but WE are His prized possession.  God sends flowers and songs to you each day through nature. If he had a refrigerator your picture would be on it.  Many times, we want to put our own accomplishments in front of our God.  We soon find out, most of these things we think are important, are just temporary pleasures. Put your trust in the Lord and use his blessings to his glory.