Equity can be defined as value placed on property. Now, if the bank is looking at your property then your land and home will be judged by square footage, location, resources, market value, etc. But if you are looking at the property you will probably judge it based on how much you spent on it, how you remodeled it, how long you have lived there, experiences and memories made there, and generally what that place means to you. Equity, in terms of value, differs from person to person and from viewpoint to viewpoint. In the end, the bank will probably offer you a lot less money than the worth you have attached to that property.
If God values you, a purchased son or daughter, how does he show it? What is God's currency? How does God attach worth to your name in His Kingdom? Does He show it through spiritual gifts given? Does He show it through full bank accounts? How about family size, or even ease of life? Does God make life easier for those He loves more? Is there a hierarchy to the value God places on us as humans?
There is one thing that equals value in the Kingdom. Love. For God so loved the world that He gave up that which should seem most prized by Him, His own Son, so that we could know that love. We can judge, each one of us individually, how much God values us by the amount of love He has for us. The amount is never in question, it is infinite. The problem, however, is how we interpret that love. God values each one of us without restraint, but we can place restraints on how much of that love we know intimately.
God's love for us and our relationship with Him was always meant to be our ultimate treasure. There are, however, Pirates of the Soul, who wish to steal that treasure away from us. A pirate would fire on a ship or force its surrender, never letting it sink, so that they could steal all that is on board, and to spare their lives the crew would surrender the treasure. The Enemy of your soul operates the same way. He sends pirates in the form of broken relationships, wrong outlooks and lies about life, memories of unfulfilled promises, and conditional love. These pirates often open fire on our souls long enough for us to concede some small measure of God's love so that we don't feel the pain of past hurts and lies. When a pirate wins, the ships crew are often taken captive and that which was meant for good is turned into something evil, an outlaw. The Enemy does the same by lying to us and because of this we misinterpret the things God has for us. Discipline becomes rejection, provision becomes entitlement, and His timing becomes disinterest in our need.
When we allow our past hurts to tell us how much God loves us, how much He values us, then we concede our ultimate treasure to a thief that has raised the black sails and come to kill, steal, and destroy.
But there is an answer to piracy on the high seas of your heart. A Good Captain. A fearless commander who has fought this kind of battle before. Who knows His enemy and has beaten him. When pirates attacked great navies they would search all of their fleets for the best captain, and send him to destroy the enemy. You see, God has not only given you His love, but in doing so has provided a way that you keep it.
Placing a higher value and dependance on the love of God is actually the answer to how we keep our treasure from the Enemy. Trust God's love for you because He values you too much to stop loving you because of your mistakes.
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