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Matthew chapter 13, verse 44.

Jesus says the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field,

which a man found and covered up.

Then in his joy, he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. What a great verse. What a great

picture. So imagine this man walking into a field. He discovers a treasure there that nobody else

knows is there. And so what does he do? He buries it, covers it up, and he goes away, and he starts selling everything he has, everything he has. That's where the text says, all that he has. And you can imagine people coming up to him saying, you're crazy. Why are you selling all that you have? And he says, I'm going to buy that field over there. Of course, they don't know

what's in the field. And so they say, you're crazy. You're going to sell all you have to buy that

field. And he smiles as he looks at them and he says, I've got a hunch. He smiles because inside

he knows that he has found something that's worth losing everything for.

And that's the point of this little story.

In Christ, in the kingdom of Christ,

we have found someone, something that's worth losing everything for.

It just makes sense.

Now, not to the world.

It doesn't make sense to forsake pleasures and pursuits

and possessions in this world to follow Christ. It makes no sense to the world. That looks crazy to the

world. But we know we can smile because inside we know that in Christ we have found someone who is worth losing everything for.

So I encourage you based on this text, don't hold tightly to the fleeting pleasures and possessions

and pursuits of this world. Hold tightly to the treasure of Christ, even though it makes no sense

to the world around us. Cling to him because he is worth more than everything this world has put

together. Jesus, we praise you as the king whose worth far surpasses everything else in the world combined.

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