Looking for Hidden Treasures
and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure… Proverbs 2:4
In the mid 1800s the California Gold Rush began near Coloma, California (Sutter’s Mill). Thousands flooded the regions known for gold deposits and spent their last dollar digging up the Earth in search of that precious metal we call gold. Fortunes were made; many got by with particles of gold dust; many lost all they had. Entire towns were formed to support the miners. Still, the work was arduous and time-consuming and risky.
The writer of Proverbs has given us a great image of how we should seek wisdom. The wisdom we seek is worth many times more than gold, silver, or the dollar. The work required to gain wisdom isn’t easy and there is no “tangible” reward (such as a nugget of gold) after you have sought wisdom. In fact, there is never a time when you and I should stop seeking wisdom. It’s a lifelong task rewarded in the things you say and things you do, and even the things you think about.
Continue seeking God, the giver of all wisdom, asking Him to guide your thoughts, words, and deeds. Ask Him also to help you to burn that passage of Scripture into your mind.
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