I read somewhere the story of a group of teenagers who broke into a department store one night. They didn’t steal or destroy anything. They just had a wonderful time switching price tags. The next morning customers were puzzled and delighted to find fur coats selling for $5.00. Cold cream was priced at $150. A silver service was marked $1.75 and a pair of ladies’ hose $390. There were umbrellas for $1,000 and diamond rings for $2.00.
I don’t know whether this story is true or not. But it really doesn’t matter, for something like this can happen in the lives of people. They get the price tags of life, and thus the real values of life, all mixed up. This is just as likely to happen in the spiritual realm as well as the physical. That is why the Bible says,...