On the banks of a river stood an old historic building; it had been there for many years. Some little boys, playing nearby on the river bank one day, found a treasure. They dug up a pot containing $300.00 in silver coins. The coins were very old, and some of them had come from foreign countries.
How rich those boys felt themselves to be! When other people heard of their find, they rushed to the river bank and began to dig also. They were hunting for lost treasure. Although they searched for many days, they only found about $35.00 in coins.
If people would work so feverishly and spend their strength in searching for perishable things such as silver and gold, how well would it be for them if they would seek after God and the treasures which are to be found in His precious Book, the Word of God! All that we have ever known of God the Father and His dear Son Jesus has come to us from the written Word. Jesus is God and in Him are “hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” Col. 2:33In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Colossians 2:3). When all the silver and gold have passed away, He will still abide forever.
To know Jesus as your Saviour is the most important thing in life besides the sweetest and the dearest.
Dear boys and girls, and older ones too, “Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near.” Isa. 55:66Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: (Isaiah 55:6).
“My son,... incline thine ear unto wisdom,... If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.” Prov. 2:1,2,4,51My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; 2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; (Proverbs 2:1‑2)
4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. (Proverbs 2:4‑5).
It was in Olde Towne, the streets were narrow and the houses were high on each side. Very little sunshine shone through the windows on one side of the street. One day a man walking along the street noticed a barefoot boy holding a small piece of mirror. With his mirror he was trying to catch the sun’s rays and reflect them on a certain window of one of the houses across the street.
“What are you trying to do, my boy?” the man asked in curiosity.
“Do you see that window up there, sir?”
“Yes!”
“Well,” said the boy, “my little brother had an accident two years ago, and he hasn’t been able to walk ever since. He’s lying on his back in bed up there and I’m trying to get some sunshine through the window into his room.”
That little fellow was seeking to share the sunshine he was enjoying with his little invalid brother. Dear Christian boys and girls, may we who know the Lord Jesus as our Saviour and Friend seek to bring some of the sunshine of His love to others who know Him not, or perhaps to some Christian shut-in whose lonely hours would be cheered by a visit from someone.
ML-06/24/1979