Often the term "loser" is associated with someone who is socially awkward or out of place within an individual's peer group. The word refers to one's social status or popularity within a group. Recently, I read an article by a well known internet relationship expert who shared his experience of what it was like when he was younger in a peer group. He shared how there seems to be always one particular guy who would mock him in front of the group of people to lower his social status, while raising his own at the expense of the person being mocked. some would call this the pecking order in a group. Then the author went on to talk about how to properly handle such people so you can keep your social status intact. To not be able to correctly handle such social situations will result in one having his or her status lowered. Sometimes even to the point of the dreaded "loser status" which nobody wants to find themselves to be in.
As you can see the world has a warped view on how they view social status. A person's sense of worth is closely tied to his or her social value within a group. Sadly, many would rather sell their own souls than to lose their own status in their group of friends. "For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself [his own soul]" (Luke 9: 25). You see the truth conveyed in this verse is that every individual person whether rich or poor, popular or an outcast is worth far more than the world and all that it has to offer a hundred times over! Yet, we often demean and devalue one another by using such terms as "loser." If such people within peer groups around the world are considered to be losers for some reason or another, then why would God Himself who has the ultimate social status far beyond anyone take on human flesh and humble Himself and die on the Cross for the sins of ALL mankind, including those whom we may consider to be supposed "losers?"
Over the years, I have often heard people call others "losers." They are called this for such lame reasons as their sense of fashion in the way they dress, their financial situation, and for the wrong choices they have made in life, etc. This bothers me, because it devalues another person's sense of worth. Every person in the world is made in the image of God (see Gen. 1: 26-27; 2:7). The very price of one individual soul is worth far more than this world's system a million times over. This is why the Lord Jesus Christ died on the Cross to redeem man back to God. Therefore, no one in God's eyes nor in mine are losers. However, to choose to call another person a loser is really in a sense making yourself out to be the true "LOSER." The term "loser" can mean "to miss an opportunity." For that person has lost the opportunity and privilege to get to know that person, and most importantly, to try and understand and appreciate where he or she is coming from. So the next time you call someone a "loser," just think about who the true loser in the end is!
As you can see the world has a warped view on how they view social status. A person's sense of worth is closely tied to his or her social value within a group. Sadly, many would rather sell their own souls than to lose their own status in their group of friends. "For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself [his own soul]" (Luke 9: 25). You see the truth conveyed in this verse is that every individual person whether rich or poor, popular or an outcast is worth far more than the world and all that it has to offer a hundred times over! Yet, we often demean and devalue one another by using such terms as "loser." If such people within peer groups around the world are considered to be losers for some reason or another, then why would God Himself who has the ultimate social status far beyond anyone take on human flesh and humble Himself and die on the Cross for the sins of ALL mankind, including those whom we may consider to be supposed "losers?"
Over the years, I have often heard people call others "losers." They are called this for such lame reasons as their sense of fashion in the way they dress, their financial situation, and for the wrong choices they have made in life, etc. This bothers me, because it devalues another person's sense of worth. Every person in the world is made in the image of God (see Gen. 1: 26-27; 2:7). The very price of one individual soul is worth far more than this world's system a million times over. This is why the Lord Jesus Christ died on the Cross to redeem man back to God. Therefore, no one in God's eyes nor in mine are losers. However, to choose to call another person a loser is really in a sense making yourself out to be the true "LOSER." The term "loser" can mean "to miss an opportunity." For that person has lost the opportunity and privilege to get to know that person, and most importantly, to try and understand and appreciate where he or she is coming from. So the next time you call someone a "loser," just think about who the true loser in the end is!
Some live for the thrill of life,
While others just live to exist;
Some live to win,
While others sadly live to lose;
Whether living or existing, winning or losing,
We all choose;
So stop living to lose
And start living to win!
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