hidden treasure

this blog was almost titled hidden. in a world that prides itself on maintaing facades and building personal walls, the truth of God is not absent, but hidden beneath layers and layers of deceit. We have to search to find. People have provided me with a safe space to open and share my heart and have used Jesus' hands to pull my gifts out of me and the hidden treasure within my heart. Everyone has treasure within them, but often all we see are the layers covering. It is our job as kingdom seekers to reveal the truth within individuals.

"It is the glory of God to hide a matter. It is the glory of a king to search it out." Proverbs 25:1-3

Matthew 13

10The disciples came to him and asked, "Why do you speak to the people in parables?"

11He replied, "The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. 12Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. 13This is why I speak to them in parables:
"Though seeing, they do not see;
though hearing, they do not hear or understand. 14In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:
" 'You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
15For this people's heart has become calloused;
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.'[a] 16But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. 17For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

44"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.
45"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. 46When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.