Imagine for one moment that the Bible is filled with promises of Prada clothes, shoes, and bags, in place of Jesus. Shocking as it may seem, many people would probably prefer to have more Prada things, more than they’d prefer to have Jesus. Just before you shout me down and act like I have lost my mind to even dare imagine such absurdity, take a look at your response to the revelation of God’s love and take a look at how you respond to a Prada gift. Which one tops the list in terms of excitement for you? 

If you observe closely how people behave when they receive things and how they respond when they hear about God’s love, it is almost easy to know which one has more value to them. You can hide under the idea that “God sees your heart” with regard to your response to His love. How convenient? Suddenly, your excitement about your Prada gift is not a thing of the heart? Suddenly, it dawns on you that whoever gave you that gift would love to see you jump and rejoice in excitement. Right?

God gave us Jesus and that gift of the Son produces gratitude in our hearts when we deeply understand the beauty of the gift that God gave. The satisfaction that comes from knowing the Son is greater than the pleasure of owning a Prada item as a gift. The idea here is that God’s children will have to learn how to increasingly value the gift of our Savior’s love, more than any natural thing that exists. How can you know the love of God and still live such an uneventful life? How? If you check people’s lives, you will see that it is the absence of things that causes them to be so sad, when they should truly be excited because of the presence of the ONE- Jesus!