Gods true value

Ps 49 7 No man can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for him--8 the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough--9 that he should live on forever and not see decay. 

This Psalm is teaching that God is the only one who has explained everything that has been created with correct value. Not only has God looked upon each part of His creation as individually providing all their needs but He proves that they are valuable by the value of the work of Christ. God is absolutely just at all times and He will repay each man according to His work. But financial freedom is tied into the universal establishment of grace through redemption. In these verses there is only One Man who can pay the ransom price for mans eternal freedom. 

We must understand that God has given man value by His grace. God who is free to do as He pleases provides everything for His creatures." He opens His hand and satisfies the desires of every living thing." The order of nations and of all time has been described by God in His perfect value. So Gods reactions to societies , His anger, patience, kindness etc is tied to His payment to His Son as He explains the value of a person or thing. God is always patient , angry , loving etc for the right reasons. 

We must understand that God describes the true value of things in His eternal story. So the reasons that He values one thing over another is both understandable and mysterious. In this way we cannot know absolutely the true value of things because we do not have an eternal moral compass to understand the worthiness of rewards or punishment. But since Gods word is an eternal expression of Himself then it answers our frustration because we are like God in His reasons and reactions. Not only has He given us a partial standard of the true value of things but He has entered into our experience as our understanding measurement is consumed in His eternal measurement. He has spoken the curse and blessing in His eternal voice. 

In this Psalm the problem is described as man having a measurement of the value of things according to his own standards and laws. It is impossible for man to value the things that he possesses as Gods gifts. This is why God raises the value of things to an eternal level..ie grace is both spiritual and political freedom. God must turn mans view of value upside down.  "5 Why should I fear when evil days come, when wicked deceivers surround me-- 6 those who trust in their wealth and boast of their great riches?" God must make men religious and political dissidents by using value system of the world to destroy the power structures.