2 Tim 2:15 "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
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A TREASURE HID IN THE FIELD: ITS SIGNIFICANCE
THURSDAY, APRIL 16
Matthew 13:44
Memory verse: Matthew 13:44
“…and for joy thereof goeth and
selleth all that he hath,
and buyeth that field.”
A TREASURE HID IN THE FIELD: ITS SIGNIFICANCE
You may not seek salvation in your busyness at school or work. Your life is dominated entirely by work. You have no time to think about life and death. You feel like one thrust onto a conveyor belt of life, moving you along a pre-determined societal direction, not of choice but of necessity. The pressure of working life and unending studies plague your heart and mind. The daily grind of working and working is taking its toll on your body, mind and spirit. Dragging your heavy feet out of bed and the main door into the dog-eat-dog world for the rest of your life is a burdensome prospect that has been haunting you. It has gripped your sorrowful heart for ages without a way out in sight.
Suddenly, you hear the message of the Gospel of Christ for the first time. You have not been thinking of anything but your pitiful life of endless slogging. You realise you have sinned against God. You will be cast into hell if you die in your sin. The good news of the Gospel is that God loves you and sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, from heaven to be born of a virgin so that He could be the God-man to die on Calvary bearing all your sins. God raised Him from the dead so that all who accepted His sacrificial death will be saved. By believing in Christ as their substitute, they can have all their sins forgiven by God. You have found a treasure that you did not seek. Knowing that you do not need to go to hell but can enter heaven is a great treasure beyond imagination. God has confronted you with the Gospel of Christ to save you even though you were not looking for Him. He came looking for you!
Do you want to “sell” all you have to “own” this treasure? The sinner must surrender his life completely to Christ to “own” Him. He surrenders his heart, soul, mind and strength to Christ to “own” Christ. He promises not to live his life his way but to seek Christ’s direction on what to do with his life since God has redeemed him in Christ.
The redeemed life is a totally surrendered life. There is no other way to “own” the treasure of Christ.
THOUGHT: Have I surrendered my all to “own” Christ?
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, help me to make sure of my salvation with a life totally surrendered to Thee, for Christ’s sake. Amen.