Treasure in Christ

Hebrews 11:24-26

By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures for a short time. He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.

Today’s Reading: Matthew 13:44-46

As I read through these scriptures all I thought about was the many treasures that are hidden somewhere in and around the earth. I thought about gold, diamonds and other precious stones, pearls, coal, and oil. All of these items are extremely valuable as earthly possessions, however, none of them are easy to obtain and all are naturally created. Doesn’t that make you stop and think that God may be trying to show us something here? How many people have risked their life to obtain one of the items mentioned? How many people sold everything they had to support their decision to go and find one of these hidden treasures? How many people have committed their life to the pursuit of obtaining these treasures? Why did God put all these items in such unique places? Is he trying to show us something once again? Shouldn’t we want God more than all these treasures? Yes! He is saying to us, it is me, God, and I love you, I created all these things that are rare and valuable in this world. I am the one that hide them in places to be discovered. If I am the creator of these things that you think are so valuable, than I must be considered the most valued of all.

He is more valuable than anything else that we will ever discover, we have to sell out for him! We must risk this life that we think we must have in order to serve him. We have to give everything away and recognize that we have nothing and are nothing without Jesus! When we find Jesus, we should treat him as the most valued of all treasures. Discovering Jesus is like finding a hidden treasure, secrets are revealed to us through his word and the Holy Spirit, and as we dig deeper we will discover more of him.