Value
I have been up the Eiffel Tower in Paris on more than one occasion. It is interesting to see the city from this vantage point, especially at night. Paris is indeed “The City of Lights.”
The Eiffel Tower was designed, and its construction engineered by Gustave Eiffel for the world’s fair in 1889, and to mark the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. Eiffel was a true believer in the Lord Jesus Christ.
In 2012 The Eiffel Tower was designated as the world’s most valuable monument, at a price tag of 546 billion dollars. It also holds the record as the world’s most visited, paid monument…and from the crowds I’ve seen there I can believe it.
But what about the Cross of Calvary? It is perhaps the most despised and forgotten monument in the history of the world. And yet, as to value, it is beyond any price that earth could give it. The great question is: what does it mean to you? Can you say, like Paul, “God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Galatians 6:14)? Is the cross of Christ precious to you? Do you know its value?
