Lasting Treasures
To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. Ephesians 3:8
The Apostle Paul once despised Christ. He was trying to eradicate Christians so he wouldn’t have to hear the name Jesus Christ any more. After his conversion, Paul speaks of having found unsearchable riches in Christ. He considers Jesus Christ his greatest treasure. He gladly counted everything else as rubbish compared to “the excellence of the knowledge of Christ.” (Philippians 3:8)
It’s amazing how we can begin to lose sight of the “unsearchable riches in Christ.” Has going to church to worship and hear His word lost its excitement for you? Is your mind occupied by a dozen things throughout the day, but you hardly give a thought to Jesus Christ? It’s time to rediscover the “unsearchable riches of Christ.” The riches of His love and mercy are infinite. You can dig in Scripture all your life and never reach the bottom of the gold mine of treasures in Christ.
Paul was so overwhelmed at God’s grace that chose him, “the least of all the saints,” to preach those unsearchable riches to the gentiles. He wants us to see and be filled with the unsearchable riches of Christ. Let us join in his prayer for us (Ephesians 3:14-19) “that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”
Gracious Lord, grant that I may know the love that surpasses knowledge. Give me a heart that delights to search out those unsearchable riches. Amen.