We watched an episode of Buried Treasure. Leigh and Leslie
Keno, the twin brothers who are often on Antiques Roadshow, travel to different
homes to investigate items of interest using cutting-edge technology to
determine authenticity, condition and—ultimately—worth. Not every hunt yields a
pot of gold. Some people will have treasures, while others will have trash. The participants are often in need of cash and
so episodes share their emotional journeys as well.
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. And sometimes
people literally have a goldmine in their homes and don’t even know it. As in
the episode we watched, once authenticated the items of interest often turn out
to be worth millions.
While Danny and I probably don’t have a million dollar
painting in our home, we do have something that is a real treasure, a goldmine
of rarest quality. It is the Word of God. Authenticated by the Holy Spirit, it
is full of treasures beyond belief. Often buried in the bookshelf in many
homes, it is actually a treasure that is meant to be handled and read and
touched and taken in.
Unlike physical treasures that can be ruined or proven not
really worth anything, the Word of God is full of amazing information that will
transform your life. Inside the binding you will find answers to marital
problems, financial woes, relationship issues, and more. There is treasure for
church matters and fellowship information. Reading on you will find everything
you need for life and godliness. How to love people, how to appreciate God in
the hard times, how to be a success in life and more. There is hope for the hopeless, help for the
helpless, relief for the grieving and forgiveness for the sinner. There is
direction for the lost, inspiration for the downtrodden and purpose for
everyone who is looking. Inside the pages you will find the way to get real
wisdom, find true love and how to get to heaven. Most of all you will find
everything you need to know about God, including His names and His essence. It
is indeed an authenticated treasure beyond worth when measured against anything
this world has to offer. It is genuine, true and perfect for everything anyone
will ever need.
Oh beloved, pull out your buried treasure this morning, dust
off the cover and read! God is speaking to your heart about your situation and
He already prepared the Word for you before the foundation of the world. He
knew what you’d be going through and His treasure will tell you what you need
to know. God’s Word shows you how to live, how to worship and how to praise
Him. It also shows how much He loves you and how wonderful His care for you is.
You may have been considered someone’s trash, but beloved,
you are God’s rarest treasure! He has authenticated your worth before you were
even formed in your mother’s womb. Christ knew you were in need of a way to
find your true worth so He went to the cross, suffered the shame, carried your
burdens and sins all the way to Calvary. Then He stepped into the grave and
three days later rose from the dead so that you too could rise to newness of
life! No man can put a price on you for you are priceless. No one can say you
are worthless because you have been set aside to show forth the praises of God,
who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. God’s plans for
you are wonderful and blessed and you are treasured always. You, beloved, are
chosen and redeemed and a beautiful object, precious to your heavenly Father in
Christ.
Read your greatest treasure, God’s Word, find your message
and believe it! You can go to the bank on what God says about you and on what
His plans are for you. Amazingly you can
share this treasure trove with others and still have all you will ever need.
God loves you and He’s for you and that’s worth more than
any treasure this world has to offer as you live in the light of His Word.
Psalm 139:17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O
God! How vast is the sum of them!
Isaiah 33:6 And He will be the stability of your times, A
wealth of salvation, wisdom and knowledge; The fear of the Lord is his
treasure.
Job 23:12 I have not departed from the command of His lips;
I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 Every Scripture is God-breathed (given by
His inspiration) and profitable for instruction, for reproof and conviction of
sin, for correction of error and discipline in obedience, [and] for training in
righteousness (in holy living, in conformity to God’s will in thought, purpose,
and action), so that the man of God may be complete and proficient, well fitted
and thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Matthew 6:21 for where your treasure is, there your heart
will be also.
2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen
vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not
from ourselves.
