It’s another manic Monday is not just an 80’s song. Mondays can be a drag, especially in the mundane and ordinary. We can feel overwhelmed in pursuing the rat race of life running here, there, and everywhere yet getting nowhere different than where we were yesterday. Except we are more tired, more scattered, and increasingly anxious while being restless with each passing hour because we are living like rats in a cage. We, even Christians, are copying the behavior of the masses and are filling our days with temporary and trivial pursuits instead of asking tough questions like, “Why am I doing such and such?”, “Should I be going after this or that?”, “What is it I’m after?” “Will what I do now matter in 5, 10, or, 20 years?”

God created us with an intelligent mind to make decisions based on His example. We are to imitate Him and not mimick the behavior and activities of the people around us, even if they are Christians.

Our days will be manic if God, who is our Maker, is not a part of it. Unless we give Him complete access to all of our moments and pursue Him first and always, we will continually have tired bodies, anxious minds, empty souls, a hopeless future, and an utterly, meaningless existence.

Thinking about the term NIL this morning on my jog with God. In case you’re not in the know, it stands for Name Image Likeness. Did you know that each person on planet earth has a NIL? Yes, we do!

We have been created or given life by the God who made the heavens, the earth, and everything in it. Our Name, Image, and Likeness or NIL comes from Him because he made us.

You and I wear His name, we look like him, and we have his traits imprinted in us. And this my friends, makes our net worth much more valuable than any amount of money, fame, or influence that a company can pay for a NIL of our own making.

We is priceless because our NIL comes from the God who owns everything in the whole universe!