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Author: Christiane Lewerentz, from the Bethany Association, an international association of women living single for the Lord in the Sword of the Spirit.

If God is the Treasure, What’s Your Field?

“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.” (Matthew 13:44)

You and I are the treasure that God seeks. He gave His all to make mankind His own. In the same way, God wants to be your all. Jesus, at times, is like the treasure hidden in a field. We look for Him and get only a glimpse of Him – a little sparkle of His great love for us, a promise of a rich and fulfilling life. We get a glimpse of this treasure, and is sometimes hidden amidst the rocks of our circumstances, covered by the dirt and mud in our hearts and minds. As I discerned my vocation, for a long time I felt like I only ever got a little glimpse of God’s love and a little glimpse of what single life would be like. Yet the sparkle and riches I did see absolutely captured me. For me, the treasure, Jesus, was hidden in the field, celibate life. And in the hope to enjoy it fully, I sold all else and bought that field.

Ask yourself today: What field – marriage & family, or living Single for the Lord - do you think God is putting before you, to find Him as your treasure in it? What do you have to give up to be able to buy that field?

Scripture taken from the New King James Version©. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.