HIDDEN TREASURES

The Word of God was hidden to me before I became a Christian.  My mother kept it in a cedar box that was a gift to her.   We never read it.

There were verses from the Bible in pictures on the walls of our home.  That’s where I read God’s words. I read the Ten Commandments with my school class each morning for 12 years.

Then my life changed when I humbled myself to God and He washed me in His Blood. 

As I began to read the Bible I did not understand what I was reading.  I read Psalms for years.  Then Ephesians began to speak to me.  Now after 59 years of studying and going to church, I find treasures that keep me thirsty for more of the same.

I notice I see something in God’s word that I didn’t see before because I wasn’t ready for it.  Then as I matured the words became like neon signs.

Experiences through life revealed the Bible as a path along my way.  The words came alive to me.  I began to see it was my road map to travel through life.  Later it was a love letter to me from God.

I enjoyed the example of the treasure “hid in the field”…the man sold all that he had and bought the field.  Matthew 13

In Isaiah 33:6 The fear of the Lord is his treasure.

II Corinthians  4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels.

I am so thankful for the word of God.  I never get tired of reading it.  It is God talking to me.

Let this be the day you “fall in love” with the Word of God to hunger and thirst after it.

God bless you.  
 

   A.J. Ferree