6/2/14
I read an interesting story about an old miner who had lived
the life of a hermit deep in the mountains of Colorado. When he died, some of
his distant relatives came to collect his valuables.
They arrived to find a miner's shack with an outhouse behind
it. Inside the shack, there was an old cooking pot, some mining equipment, and
a cracked table with a three-legged chair that stood next to a tiny window. A
well-used kerosene lamp stood as the centerpiece on the table.
As the relatives gathered up the miner's possessions, loaded
them in a truck, and got ready to drive away, the miner's old friend came
walking up. He called out to them, "Do y'all mind if I take what is left
in that old shack?"
"Oh, no," they said. "Take it. We have all
the valuable stuff. You can have whatever is there." The man thanked them,
and off they went.
He went in, reached under the table and lifted up one of the
floorboards. He lifted out all of the gold his friend had discovered over the
previous decades - millions of dollars' worth of gold.
The old miner had died with only his true friend knowing his
actual worth.
In the same way, Jesus Christ, wants to make Himself known
to us, but we can be like a distant relative sometimes. Yet, if we would get to
know Him better, we would discover the riches that He has for us.
And where are these riches? They are in His Word.
Psa 19:7-10
The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the
LORD is sure, making wise the simple; the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing
the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring
forever; the rules of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether. More to be
desired are they than gold, even much fine gold;