by Cathy Vinson

If removed from the familiarity of this passage, we might ask "why?" Why didn't the man just add the treasure to his riches? Why does he re-hide it, and then incur cost to himself in order to have the treasure WITH the field? The treasure itself, isn't the complete joy apparently, although it could well have been. He wants to re-hide the treasure, playing a seeming game of delight for Himself...to bring the field along with the treasure back to Himself. Then, the field itself has a glory within it. The man loves that field out of mere choice, knowing the debt will be his for that choice. There is wonder behind this analogy.

He hid it again so He, our God, could buy the field with the treasure. We are that field! And the treasure has been hid in us! Including us in the picture, He could redeem US. He knew the dirt and type of soil that field were. It had nothing in common with a precious treasure. But he will "sell all he has," His own Son, to purchase it.

He hid that treasure only to find it again, perhaps years down the road, in us. This was a harder way for Him. Somehow through the working of time and the outworking of that treasure in the field, it would be worth more to Him than had the treasure set alone on a stand. He must have loved that field. He must love you and me.

He wants the Kingdom IN US, AND US! He sells all He has for this. The Heartbeat is being heard again..."For God so loved the world..."

(Mt 13:44)