A Treasure Worth Searching For
As a child I always loved the idea of searching for treasure in my own backyard.
I can remember one such house when I was in primary school. The house was an old Queenslander, with a massive backyard which had previously had an existing house built up the back corner. The house was no longer there, and so I can remember spending hours digging around the dirt finding some very random house items. As exciting as my discoveries were, broken teacups and pairs of glasses are not very valuable, and you certainly wouldn’t sell everything you owned to buy such treasure.
In the Bible, Jesus tells a parable about a man who found something valuable in a field but his response was very strange. In Matthew 13:44, Jesus explains “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure 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."
To find something valuable is truly remarkable and thrilling, but often our search for things of great worth often leave us still feeling empty and wanting more. A relationship with Jesus is something vastly different to any earthly treasure. Finding life with Jesus is the best thing we can possibly discover on this earth, it’s so valuable that Jesus links it to being like the man in the parable. When we discover who Jesus is and all he has done for us our lives will never be the same. Having a relationship with God and being part of his kingdom is worth everything that we have, and in giving up everything we may have we receive the greatest treasure, Everlasting life with Jesus. Now that’s a treasure worth searching for.
Josh Duncan
Pastor
I can remember one such house when I was in primary school. The house was an old Queenslander, with a massive backyard which had previously had an existing house built up the back corner. The house was no longer there, and so I can remember spending hours digging around the dirt finding some very random house items. As exciting as my discoveries were, broken teacups and pairs of glasses are not very valuable, and you certainly wouldn’t sell everything you owned to buy such treasure.
In the Bible, Jesus tells a parable about a man who found something valuable in a field but his response was very strange. In Matthew 13:44, Jesus explains “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure 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."
To find something valuable is truly remarkable and thrilling, but often our search for things of great worth often leave us still feeling empty and wanting more. A relationship with Jesus is something vastly different to any earthly treasure. Finding life with Jesus is the best thing we can possibly discover on this earth, it’s so valuable that Jesus links it to being like the man in the parable. When we discover who Jesus is and all he has done for us our lives will never be the same. Having a relationship with God and being part of his kingdom is worth everything that we have, and in giving up everything we may have we receive the greatest treasure, Everlasting life with Jesus. Now that’s a treasure worth searching for.
Josh Duncan
Pastor