What is valuable to you?

What do you consider worthy of your time and effort and gets top ranking in your priority list? What influences your decisions and shapes your lifestyle? What do you fight for? What do you celebrate? What defines your mentality and behavior? The answers to these questions reveal your values. 

Moses valued the presence of God that he refused to go to the promised land without the assurance of the Lord Himself accompanying them. David valued his relationship with God that he repented when he sinned and asked not to be cast away from His presence. He also valued divine order and refused to kill King Saul. The Bereans valued the study of scriptures. 

Jesus valued humility and pureness of heart that is why He rejoiced greatly when babes received divine revelations (Luke 10:21). He also valued reverence and holiness so much that He was offended when He saw the money changers desecrating the house of God. 

Values define our priorities and simplify our decision-making. It shapes our mentality and affect our behavior. Hence, lifestyle creates culture and vice-versa. It sets the atmosphere and foundation for customs and traditions that are passed on to generations.