THE HIDDEN TREASURE

Many people wrongly think that life with God is an easy one. That’s a big mistake they make. Let’s see what the Lord Jesus said, “ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sell all that he has and buys that field.” Matthew 13.44

We only find what we are looking for and to find what is hidden in a field takes time and it requires a lot of patience and perseverance too, no one finds what is hidden from night to day.

See that to enter the kingdom of heaven is not as easy as many think, is not just a matter of quit addiction and start to give offering and pay tithe, this goes beyond that, this is a matter of sacrifice. Sacrifice what? One day the Lord Jesus turned to a crowed of people who were following Him and said, “He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.” Matthew 10. 37,38 These are clear definitions of sacrifice, if you are not prepared to put Jesus above your family and above yourself and you are not prepared to deny the pleasures of this world and the pleasures of your flesh, how can you follow Him? There’s no way you can please two masters at the same time. Maybe this has been the main reason why many though they are inside of churches but they don’t grow in their spiritual life, there’s no a sincere conversion, a sincere heart before God, they are those who try to please God and everyone else and in the end, they don’t please anybody.

The question is: Have you really found the hidden treasure? If you have found it, have you already sold everything to buy the field? In other words, have you already sacrificed your own desires and earthly pleasure to possess it?

With God all things are possible when we are ready to sacrifice. Otherwise, we are living by emotions not by faith.

Bishop Carlos