value

Can you imagine our world without money or any other kind of currency for the exchange of product or services? A world where you didn’t have to buy food to eat or pay for a place to live or to put clothes on your back, but you have everything you could ever need or want. You’re probably thinking “Yeah, I can ONLY imagine that kind of world.” Trust me, I totally agree with you. That would be an amazing world to live in but it’s not our reality.
Today we live in a world where money is essential. I mean, we’ve all heard the term “Money makes the world go around” right? Well, there is truth to that statement. In order to function or to get by in this world you need money and if not money, something of equal value. It is the common representation of value and the exchange of that value is everything. We exchange it for products, services, times etc. Think about it, we go to work on our jobs to exchange our time for a paycheck and we then go and exchange that money for gas, water, lights, food etc.
Even when it comes to our close relationships, they are all based on the exchange of relational values. It’s how we relate to one another. Otherwise, how can we classify it as a relationship? Coming to the table with value is essential for establishing common ground for any relationship. Value makes relationships viable.
One of the reasons that most relationships end the way they do, whether personal or business is because the “why” is lost. We forget that the foundational purpose of the relationship is adding value to the other.
The one thing I’ve come to learn is that love is a real value. I’m not talking about some lazy, fickle, some timing kind of love. I’m talking about the love God created us to live and walk in. A love that’s selfless and looks for opportunities to give life to everyone it comes in contact with. A love that is so secure in itself that it has no fear of being without, therefore, it just gives.
Imagine if everything that we did as humans was done with an unconditional love? It doesn’t matter if it’s in a personal, intimate relationship or professional/business relationship. What if love was the purpose behind the product or service offered, as though it was the only reason you even offered it? Think about how far we’ll go together. What if that person you’re in a relationship with was convinced that the only reason you’re with them is to add value to their lives and see them happy? You would become such an asset to them that they would be happy to give equal value to keep you. You become someone that’s worth holding on to, a professional that’s worth doing business with or even a person worth spending the rest of their life with. I’ve come to understand this by experience, that walking in love, being genuinely concerned about the needs of others increases your personal value and worth significantly in their eyes, because when it is experienced, people find themselves fulfilled. They’re fulfilled on the job, in the marketplace, and at home.
Love is in high demand and it’s simply because we were created for it; therefore it really is a universal need. You were created by God to add value to the people around you but you must first see yourself as valuable so that you’ll act as such. Not in arrogance but humility.
I challenge you today to become mindful of this power that you possess. Meditate on God’s love that changes lives and watch His grace empower you to succeed.

Love Is Success