There's a book called Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea about a treasure hunter's search for the wreck of the S.S. Central America that sunk in 1857 with 21 tons of gold on board. That's a pretty strong motivator -- what would you do for the opportunity to get 21 tons of gold? You'd probably go through quite a bit for such treasure, or even part of that. (At $2,009/ounce, that's about $64 million)
We undervalue the treasure of God's wisdom. It doesn't deliver monetary riches, so we discount it in our minds and hearts, spending time and energy pursuing worldly riches and treasure. We can't wrap our minds around the eternal, so we don't invest the time into it that we should, because it doesn't make the same kind of sense to us -- it's not as clear as dollars in a bank account.
If we're wise, Proverbs tells us, we'll recognize that seeking the Lord like a treasure of silver is the better move, because the treasure we find in God is one that is eternal and can't be stolen or lost. No thief can get at it, and it lasts forever. Every treasure on earth will be spent down, no matter how big, given enough time, whereas the treasure we receive from God only grows.
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