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Viewpoint from Colin Wooden 27/10/2023
 Colin Wooden
Elder, Bethel Gospel Hall
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volunteer at the Great Yarmouth Seafarers Centre
What's it worth?
A very entertaining programme on television at the moment that is hosted by the antique expert Paul Martin is 'Flog it'. The location is generally a prestigious venue such as a stately home, castle or cathedral, and people are invited to bring their valuables for an expert valuation. At the beginning of the programme Paul sometimes addresses the crowd with the words "What's the all-important question?" and the answer that comes back from them in unison is "What's it worth?"
 In an atmosphere of increasing prices and a spiralling cost of living, we can easily fall into the trap of concentrating on the price of everything and missing the value of the things that really matter. This doesn't mean that we shouldn't take account of these things and do all we can to live within our means, but it does mean that we should not allow them to dominate our thinking. So 'what is the all-important question' for us? Where do our priorities lie? That's something to think about!
The Lord Jesus was heard to say one day; "What profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his own soul?" David, centuries earlier wrote; "If riches increase, do not set your heart on them". Where is our heart set then; where do we begin in our quest for a deep settled assurance in our hearts? The first step is faith in the Lord Jesus for salvation, forgiveness and cleansing of sin. In simple Bible terms that means becoming a child of God and being assured of heaven; having a desire to live for the Saviour with His interests at heart. We then have a new perspective on life and the future.
A few years ago I picked up this quote; it was from an unknown source. "The richest man is not he who has the most, but he who needs the least". It seems to have an echo in the book of Proverbs: "There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; and one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches". Now the words of Paul about the Lord Jesus; "You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through is poverty might become rich". The last word is with the Lord Jesus; "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also"
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