Looking for Baby Doe's

We were to meet the rest of the family at “Baby Doe’s Matchless Mine Restaurant” for a graduation celebration. We drove around for more than an hour trying to reach the restaurant we could see from the highway, now late and no closer my Uncle stopped to ask for directions. In front of Mile High stadium was a Hispanic gentleman. After relaying our dilemma and asking for help the man scratched His head for a moment and then with a look of bewilderment said in a thick Spanish accent: “I doan theen you keen geet theer from ear!”

As I listened to a guest speaker challenge students with the cost of gaining real life, I thought of two things.

First: How often value is shown in terms of cost. Unfortunately what is often heard, is not the value but cost.

Second: If something of truly high value is acquired or offered to you at a substantially reduced rate, or at no cost to you (though it’s care and use requires much attention), this is value not cost!

You long for your Students and staff to chase God wholly. You can see the destination and outcome you desire clearly, but you’re constantly frustrated not being able to reach it.

When you share Christ, what are you offering? Only the cost? Have you read the book of Hebrews lately? It hammers home the fact that Christ is a value far above the Jewish system of faith and avenue to God. It says, he is "more excellent." Do you hear that, "more excellent", that's value! Scripture tells us, we love God because he first loved us; value! Matthew tells us the kingdom of God is like a man, finding a treasure in a field, and for it great value, he sells all to obtain the field; value! There is little to no motivation to pursue a course of action, if the only thing offered is cost. There has to be a value above the cost. The "value" will be something tangible, even though it looks altruistic and very personal, it will be of great worth to the individual. Make sure you identify it clearly. Be honest about the “cost” factors of acquisition and use but,

Drive home the value!

Cost over value = You can’t get there from here! You’ll never reach your destination (Goal of your students and staff chasing God) with this formula!