Dust in the wind

The group Kansas used to sing a song entitled, "Dust in the Wind - all we are is dust in the wind."

The Bible tells us in Genesis 2:7, "The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being (soul)."

We were made from dust and to dust we will one day return.

I read today of the value and worth of the human body - if you broke it down into its constituent elements.  To start with, our bodies are 65% water.  But then you add in the trace amounts of iron, phosphorus, sodium, calcium potassium, magnesium, chlorine, and all the rest.  When you figure it up at today's market prices, the total comes to about $4.50. 

Think about that.  You're worth a five-dollar bill with 50 cents to spare.

We all are.

Water and dirt.  Dust in the wind. 

We are the original "dirt people" (somebody should make a movie about that)!

We come from the dust of the heart, which is a lowly position and we are filled with the breath of God (the spirit of God) which gives us a high honor.

In other words, your value does not lie in  your body or in the things you do with your body.  Your value comes from the life God gave you.

Apart from the "breath of life," you wouldn't survive even one more second.  If God should remove his hand from you, you would cease to exist and your body would quickly return to the dust.  We like to boast of what we have done and accomplished.  We brag of our achievements as if we were immortal.

But our lives are like a vapor that appears for a moment and then vanishes away (James 4:14)

Final thought - my value comes from God's spirit in me.  Nothing more and nothing less.

Just a thought for a Tuesday.