Treasure Hunt

Treasure Hunt

Bible: Proverbs 4:5-19

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The beginning of wisdom is this: get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding (V.7).

Buried treasure. It sounds like something out of a children’s storybook.But millionaire Forrest Fenn claims to have left a box of jewels and gold, worth millions, somewhere in the Rocky Mountains in America. Many people have gone in search of it. In fact, four people have lost their lives trying to find it. The author of Proverbs might call risking your life for gold a bad decision. Does any kind of treasure really deserve such attention? Proverbs 4 suggests that wisdom is one thing worth searching for at any cost (PROVERBS 4:7). Wisdom will lead us through life, keep us from messing up and give us “honour” (VV.8-12). Writing hundreds of years later, James also emphasised the importance of wisdom. “The wisdom that comes from heaven,” he writes, “is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere” (JAMES 3:17). When we look for God’s wisdom, we find all kinds of good things growing in our lives. To want wisdom is ultimately to want God, the beginning of all wisdom and understanding. And the wisdom that comes from above is worth more than any buried treasure we could ever imagine.

KNOWING GOD IS BETTER THAN ANYTHING

WE CAN GET OUR HANDS ON IN THIS WORLD.

Youth Edition – Our Daily Bread Ministries