If wisdom, power and wealth are not good enough a reason for lives to be sacrificed, God’s final choice of values for which life could be sacrificed is righteousness. A life that is given to proclaiming, advancing and establishing righteousness on the earth is a life that God delights in. Such a life, even God boasts of.
The second reason worth giving one’s life, is to Kindness or Love. In God’s eyes, kindness and love supersede wisdom, power and wealth. God even ascribed to Himself the title of Love. In the scriptures, we read that God is love. In the Old Testament, it is called lovingkindness. Which is a combination of two words in our modern language today. These two words are actually inseparable, love and kindness – lovingkindness. You cannot love and not be kind and you cannot be kind and not love. It is a twin word that reflects the nature of God.
When a man gives his or her life to loving and showing kindness, he lives the God life on earth. These reflect…