The other day I was praying and telling the Lord about the
things on my mind. Issues I am having at
work, with my children, in my relationship.
God has been so faithful to answer me and give me guidance and comfort
and validation that it should not have surprised me with what He taught me.
“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a
field. And a man found the treasure, and
he hid it, and was so happy that he went home and sold everything he had so he
could buy the field and keep the treasure”
I sat there thinking about this for a minute trying to
understand the meaning. How was this a
message to me? What was He telling
me? What did He want me to see? How does this apply to the turmoil in my
life?
And then the epiphany.
(I LOVE EPIPHANIES!!)
A relationship sent to you from God is like a treasure that
was hidden. And when a person finds the
treasure, they recognize what God has given them, and they protect it so nobody
steals it away. They go home and get rid of everything in their life that interferes
with their new found treasure. What do I
mean by that? It means that we get rid
of the past. We get rid of the connections
we have been keeping to prior relationships.
We clear out the space in our heart that we were giving to other people
from our past to make room for the new person God has sent. We throw away old love letters because they
should have no place in our lives now.
We delete the old pictures, throw away cards, remove them from facebook,
remove them from messengers, from skype, from snapchat, from whatever we used
to keep our connection to them alive.
Kinda harsh don’t you think?
No, I don’t. Who told the story
of the man finding the treasure? Jesus
did. Jesus did not say the man sold just
enough of his possessions to get enough to buy the field and add it to what he
already owned. He did not get a loan
against the properties he owned and bought the new field. He didn’t find a way to keep the old, and
acquire the new. He got rid of
everything else in life that would get in the way of his new treasure. He made a decision. He didn’t try to find a way to have
both. He KNEW in his heart what he
wanted, and he wasted no time cleaning out his past so he could have his
future.
If you are not willing to get rid of your past, then you
have not found your treasure. If you
need to find a way to keep some parts of the past around, then again I say you
have not found your treasure. It is just
that simple. You might have something of
value. But it is not the treasure your
heart has searched for.
It is funny how we say that the scriptures have answers to
everything in life. Because it is
true. We just need to take the lesson
and look at it with new eyes.
