How much are you worth? Trump's view vs God's view

Have you ever thought about your value as a person?

According to the bible, we are of infinite value to God. Exceeding any monetary value, our lives are worth something far more precious; that is, the blood of Jesus Christ. He was the sacrificial lamb that God sent because He loved us so much:

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life".

John 3:16

Through the death of Jesus, mankind saw evidence that there was nothing that God wasn't willing to do in order that we might be offered salvation. Human life is THAT precious to Him. 

And as Christians, we are duty bound to share God's priorities. Whatever He thinks are important, we must also put as our priority. In order to truly understand, worship and (most importantly) SERVE God, our minds must be in line with His. In this case; if a single human life is beyond valuation to God, it must be also to us.

Jamal Khashoggi was an open critic of the Saudi government. 

But recently, we've seen disturbing evidence that U.S. President Donald Trump does not see individual human lives as invaluable. Quite the opposite- he sees them as have a maximum monetary value. When questioned about whether he would consider pulling out of an arms deal with Saudi Arabia because of their suspected involvement in the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last week, the President said the following:

"We don't LIKE it (referring to the suspected murder). And we don't like it even a little bit. But as to whether or not we should stop a $110 billion from being spent in this country, knowing they have four or five alternatives- two very good alternatives- ... That would not be acceptable to me". 

Donald Trump has told the world, quite frankly, that this man's life is worth less than $110 billion. What a contrasting viewpoint to that of God's!

But it becomes even more disturbing. After all, Donald Trump is a secular man. Despite his claims to loyalty to Christ, nothing about his actions suggests that he serves God. We know him "by his fruits" (Matthew 7:16).  Worse still though, televangelist Pat Robertson, a man who has supposedly dedicated his life to bringing to word of God to people, agrees with him:

"You've got $100 billion worth of arms sales which is... you know... that's one of those things. But MORE than that, we've got to have some Arab allies. I know it's bad, but I mean we've had all kinds of stuff. But you don't blow up an international alliance over one person". 

These people with a powerful voice are subtly telling you that there comes a point where your life is simply not worth it. But this is not God's view- we know that from the message that Jesus brought us. He told us that God loves and cares about us as individuals on several occasions: when we are the lost sheep (Luke 15:1-7), when we are the lost coin (Luke 15:8-10), when we are the wandering child (Luke 15:11-32). We are of more value than many sparrows (Matthew 10:31), and the very hairs on our head are numbered (Luke 12:7). 

These people may tell you that you're not invaluable, but God shows you daily that you are.