The Treasure of the Kingdom

I haven't been writing in this blog lately and this is because Satan has been distracting me and trying to bog me down with so much junk--but I won't stand for it anymore :]

So yesterday I heard this moving message that I felt I needed to share with everyone.
"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field."-Matthew 13:44
The Kingdom of Heaven is more valuable than the greatest jewels of this world. It is so valuable, that this man sold all of his possessions with joy in order to have this treasure. The man did not buy the TREASURE but he bought the FIELD because all of his possessions could not come close to the true value of the treasure. Then we ask, what does the field represent?

The field is people ready to hear the word of God and souls longing for an encounter with Christ. It is our duty to go out into the field and spread--like wildfire--the message God gave us. We at times have to give up everything--all our possessions to serve God but do not worry.

Our God is Jehovah Jireh--My Provider. He will supply all our needs when we give up everything for Him. In our lives, we don't need to worry but instead focus all our attention on God because it says "seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well" -Matthew 6:33. When I heard this part of the message, I felt convicted because all the junk that's been holding me down were worries about school, friends, my future, college, majors, etc. but God reassures us by saying, " Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" -Matthew 6:26-27 When we feel distracted, remember that is what Satan is trying to accomplish. He is continuously grabbing footholds in our life and struggling to pull himself up as he tears us down so we must always remember to seek God first then everything else will fall into place.

The story of Boaz and Ruth is the representation of Christ and his bride (the church).
When Boaz first saw Ruth, she was gleaning and gathering grain in the field. In the same way, when Christ comes again in order to be reunited with his church, the first place he's going to look, is at the field. The question we must ask ourselves then is, are we going to be in that field when Christ comes or are we going to be somewhere else, distracted by Satan? God is not asking everyone to travel and have the ministry of outreach but he IS calling each of us to have a ministry because he has called us to "Lead out those who have eyes but are blind, who have ears but are deaf" -Isaiah 43:8. We are ambassadors for Christ in the world. We need to spread the message of God's love and Christ's reconciliation on the cross to the people around us. Christ is coming soon, where are we going to be?

I hope this message touches you as much as it moved me. Have an amazing day and God bless. :]