Today’s Daily Lesson comes from Matthew chapter 13 verse 44:
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.”
If anywhere on this planet you’ve found one little plot of earth where the kingdom of heaven has come then buy that plot.
No matter it’s cost — in hours of your life, in midnight meetings, on hard bunk beds at camp with kids, in hours upon hours of planning for Vacation Bible School, in driving past six other Baptist churches to get there — no matter what it costs.
If you’ve found a plot where casseroles are made for the bereaved, where a pastor and laypeople will come and visit your dad, where your brother would be welcome, where your children will be safe and nurtured, where your sister will be respected — then buy that field.
Whatever the cost, pay the price. Pay the price to have a stake in that little plot of land where the kingdom has come on earth as it is in heaven.
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