Becoming a slave

So I was ridding down the elevator at work on my way to lunch and our elevators have a tv screen that shows the news. Needles to say this caught my eye...

My first thought is why would you want to sell yourself off? Why would you want to be a slave to someone else, someone you don't know. As I kept reading I saw that he auctioned his friends. My first reaction was unbelief. Seriously, his friends? Then it hit me... What right did he have to auction his friends? The interesting thing was that he was disappointed with the amount his life, processions, job and the life of his friends are worth, a mere 384,000. Sad thing is that he sold himself short (pun intended).

I guess in a way this shows the value that people place on life. The value that we put on life will never be enough, but God values us as priceless. We are all priceless to God. Paul put it best when he said that he is a slave to God and only God. He knew that only in God would he find his true worth and we are elevated from a mere slave to a child of God.

This has me asking some tough questions.
- What am I a slave to?
- How did I get to that?
- How can I be free?

The Bible says that the truth shall set you free, so be honest with yourself. Know and recognize where or with what you’ve been slave with. Lastly give over to God and find freedom in him.

Be blessed.