…in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Col 2:3 (NIV)
Part 3 – Treasures Buried
Growing up, I loved the Indiana Jones films. I loved stories about the search for Atlantis and Solomon's lost treasure. Maps and compasses and archeologists filled my daydreams and played havoc with my imagination while I slept. The thoughts of beautiful ancient treasure, whether gold or books or knowledge or art, is enough to drive any sane curious mind off the edge.
Imagine being Howard Carter, who in 1922 after years of searching for something no one was sure was there, discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings. A tomb that had had been undisturbed for 3000 years. How amazing it must have been to push that door open for the first time and find treasures that had been hidden deep within the earth.
Or think of the many explorers who set sail on voyages of discovery, not knowing whether the world was flat or round. How incredible to land on the shores of countries not yet discovered by their world? To meet people they had never heard of, read about or imagined. Discovering species of animals not found in books, plants that had never been harvested or picked.
And, even though much of the world and its hidden treasures have been found, there’s yet more to uncover if we dare look.
God is vast and mysterious. It takes more than a moment to discover his entirety, more than one reading of the scriptures to unfold their meaning, more than ten years worth of sermons to comprehend, more than thousands of hours of prayer to listen… God is like unchartered territory for each of us. Being found by Christ is like discovering a treasure map that's been hidden right in front of our eyes for years.
I’m not sure where, when or how the idea crept into our communities of faith that we need God to be definitive, explainable and knowable. We teach the mystery right out of him on weekends and speak to him like he’s an ATM during the week. The idea that we can know all that there is to know about God and claim to be a final authority on all things pertaining to him does in fact diminish him and paint him in the shadows rather than in the full light of day.
The mysteriousness of God doesn’t make him more terrifying, or weird, or less valid… it actually backs him up as supreme. How can we, in our humanity and created state, attain to the heights of God in a single bound – or a lifetime full of them? There is so much to him, his wisdom and knowledge is so deep and vast that we will spend our lifetimes and beyond as spiritual archaeologists searching for hidden treasures buried deep within his heart, found only by following a map carved in flesh, drawn in blood and kept in one piece by love…
Go to Part 4 – Present in Spirit
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