TRUE GOLD

November 1

TRUE GOLD

Psalms 19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

People have forsaken much for the prospect of wealth. During the gold rush, men left loved ones and traveled long distances to follow the trail potential future fortune. They invested their health, their principles, their scruples and even sometimes their faith (1 Timothy 6:10), for the precious prize. Day after day and in all seasons, for long hours, they sifted the metal from amidst the rocks. Every time they found a nugget, they got excited, they shouted and rejoiced.

The world has not changed very much. In very much the same spirit, people follow the same path of compromises for financial opportunities, higher paying jobs, or a more lucrative position in the company

The law, the testimony, the statute, the commandment, the fear and judgment of the Lord are worth more than any riches and any gold this world can offer. They are “more precious than gold, yea than much fine gold” (Psalms 19:10).

If we are serious about understanding God’s will, God’s Spirit, God’s principles, God’s love and all that pertains to him, just like with the person who invests his life in the pursuit of material wealth, it will take us a lifetime of exciting and enjoyable research. If we appreciates the “gold” of the spirit, we don’t find it a sacrifice to dedicate time and energy to sift for it amidst the “rocks” of man’s doctrines and teachings. We find a vein of precious truth and we follow it. We may lose it for a while, but in earnest faith we keep digging until we find it again, or discover a new one that takes us in a new and different direction. Every time we find a nugget, or a new vein, we rejoices as one who has found a great treasure. This great treasure not only makes us rich, but brings with it sweetness to our soul, rather that the bitterness and emptiness that comes with the pursuit of the riches of this world.

Haggai 1:6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

Rom 11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.