April 17, 2015

"The kingdom of heaven is like treasurer hidden in a field.  When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field." Mt. 13:44

As a very young Christian I was taught that this saying of Christ was a parable; an earthly story with a heavenly meaning.

Here was a man who discovered a treasure in a field worth far more than he could afford unless he completely sold out what he owned and used the funds to purchase the field.

This is exactly what he did.

He made himself poor that he might become rich by becoming owner of a field far greater in value than anything he possessed.

This is what every unsaved sinner does when he turns from his sin and invests his life in Christ whose value is of far greater worth than anything his money could have purchased.

It is not an easy choice.

But it is the right one.

And God will honor it with blessings beyond our wildest imagination.

Try it and see.