My world. My values. My mall. You can read these six words on a billboard as you travel west between Nolanville Hill and Nolanville. I think I understand what the sign attempts to convey: shop Killeen’s mall for bargains. But I wonder.

We might want to investigate the meaning of values. We value those things that we consider worthy and desirable. We value God. We value family. We value education. And apparently, we value stuff, at least according the billboard. Could it be telling that one response made after the terrorists attacks of 9/11 was to get back to shopping and show the terrorists that they didn’t win. What do you spend your time doing? What do you most often think about? What do you spend money on? What do you value? The First Commandment reads: “You shall have no other gods before me” (Exodus 20:3). Jesus echoed this in the Sermon on the Mount: “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you” (Matthew 6:33).

We might want to examine the meaning of world. To link one mall to my world smacks of living in a small world. Many of us live in a small world (and not the Disney kind). Our small worlds may be geographically, social, emotional, economical, and even spiritual. I pray that each of us might be transformed into the kind of person who reflects the kind of God who would send his only son for the world. I pray that each of us might be transformed into the kind of person who affirms and obeys the final words of Jesus in Matthew’s gospel: “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations” (Matthew 28:19).

So here’s a suggestion for a billboard (or maybe a church marque). My world–all nations (peoples); my values–Jesus Christ, Savior and Lord.