Jesus told this parable in Matthew 13:44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
Paul said it like this:
Philippians 3:8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
"You shall have no other gods before me.” (Exodus 20:3)
Mark 10:21 And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
Do you think this young mans wealth bought him great joy and satisfaction. No, verse 22 says:
22 Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
Jesus is infinitely greater than all the treasures of the earth combined. And look, we don’t get to have two great treasures in our life… only one.
Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
So if the world is your Carnival, Drug, Buffet… if you seek to find joy in wealth or possession… I pray today you see Jesus as the greatest treasure in the Universe… Delight, Joy, Happiness, Peace… Up against Jesus everything else is rubbish.
Christian Hedonism
There are many “-ism’s” in the prism of schisms,
Like egotism, feminism, legalism and criticism,
But today, won’t you listen, to my optimism,
And the wisdom of Christian Hedonism.
Take the best endeavors of the human life,
There’s something far better than all their delights,
A treasure past measure like what day is to night,.
A pleasure fully suited for mans appetite.
Wikipedia has officially registered Christian Hedonism,
Compared now, all else might be called Dung-ism,
People locked in prison by things that glisten, Rubbish-ism,
Lust-ism, smut-ism, the whole world is in derision.
Because Jesus lived, died and now has risen,
He is my precious, my riches, my vision,
My fortune, my mission, for now I’m forgiven,
My treasure, my pleasure, my true Hedonism.
