Good Morning All!
So how
much would this land sell for? I have a
son who works for an investment company.
He keeps me informed about the price of land in our area and in our
state. We have watched as some land in
our area has been sold for numbers higher than many would have thought ever
possible. Some of the land has higher
taxes now than the original purchase price.
Why does land, or a house, or a car sell for the price that it
does? What are the factors that play into
the value of the item? If the item is
being auctioned, it really comes down to a very simple answer: two people want
it. If those two people have enough
money, it can be very expensive indeed.
Yet
when you get done, there must be some level of intrinsic value of the item
sold. Land that is rich and highly
productive or is easily developed and can be sold that way, cause the value of
the land to be influenced. So why was
the land of Canaan called a land flowing with milk and honey? If you look at the topography of the land it
is not that great. The rainfall isn’t
ideal; they usually must trap rainwater in cistern like things to preserve
water. The land produced food and fiber,
but the land of Egypt along the Nile was more productive or the land along the
Tigris and the Euphrates in Babylon was more productive. Why was this land so special?
The
real value of the land wasn’t in the land; it was in the company. The land to which God is referring here is
the land where God’s people live trusting in the gracious providence of
God. It is where the people of God live
as contented children of their heavenly Father.
The land flowing with milk and honey is more about your relationship
with God than the productivity of the land.
This applies to all of our life situations.
God
encourages us to be content and happy with his gifts. He supplies with all that we have need
of. He even gives us more than we need;
yet we often fail to see this. Too often
we see God’s blessings as our entitlements.
We see them as something which God owes to us. This sinful nature view of God’s gift is what
causes us to be restless, to be dissatisfied with God’s gifts for us.
God
blesses us every day and in every way which we can imagine and many which we
cannot. The Creator-Redeemer provides,
protects, sustains, and delivers to us and for us every day in every way. All of which we are to only thank and praise,
serve and obey him. The Lord brings you
into his family into a land flowing with milk and honey. Let us feast and enjoy his bounty.
Gracious Father, your mercies overwhelm us in
depth and volume. You bring to us the
things we need, especially our Savior who brings to us life. Guard and protect us and give us that sense
of contentment which we need. In Jesus’
precious name we pray, amen
God’s Peace,
Pastor Bret
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