"Better Than Anything"
Mat 13:44 "The kingdom of heaven is
like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his
joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
Did you like
Broccoli when you were a kid? O come on,
not really. No one really likes that stuff
do they? I understand that it is good
for you, but health benefits aside, it was hard to get down as a little
one. I'm only joking, but you get the
idea. Sometimes we think god is like
Broccoli. We think that while God is
good for us he doesn't taste very good.
Consequently we seek after the really great things this life has to
offer and maybe, we think, one day we will get around to seeing what God has to
offer. Maybe we will be able to stomach
him when we are older.
Nothing
could be further from the truth. There
is an old hymn that says it like this "Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look
full in his wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in
the light of his glory and grace."
This is absolutely true. God is
not suggesting you choose him over your joy and happiness, he doesn't want you
to be so easily satisfied with that which can't really make you happy.
That is the
transaction that takes place in this verse.
This man is travelling through a field and in days with no banks, found
a treasure hidden there. He doesn't want
to steal it, but wants to gain it legally if it has been forgotten or the owner
is dead. He offers to buy the land,
which he does. In order to have the
funds to buy the land though, he has to sell everything else he has. he stacks up his whole existence against the
treasure, and realizes the treasure is more desirable. He lets go of everything to get it and no
buyers remorse here, he goes away with joy.
This is how
the Lord is. He is not only good for you
but he tastes good and satisfies. His
invitation to live your life with him is not calling you to choose a life of
drudgery over pleasure but a call to enjoy the deepest pleasures we were made
for in Him.
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