Hidden Treasure: Receiving from God

Receiving from God is one of the problems many Christians experience. Christ provides everything for us, but not many Christians experience this provision in their lives. They are like a family in South Africa who had been farming their land for generations. They planted corn year after year. With economic changes and drought, they eventually lost the land through bankruptcy. The person who bought this farm from them began to prepare the soil for his first crop.

One day, he discovered a little stone that looked familiar to him. Because of his background in the mining business, he knew without a doubt that it was a diamond. He let a geologist come and take samples, and the geologist discovered that that soil was rich with diamonds. Best of all, the diamonds were not only underground but also mixed with the topsoil. Overnight, this man became a very rich man. The previous owners had plowed that soil for years and years, never knowing that they were plowing through rich treasures. They turned the diamonds from one side to the other year after year. They walked on diamonds, feeling them in their hands, but never with the knowledge of what was underneath and inside their soil. Paul says in 2 Corinthians 4:7: “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.” You have a treasure inside of you; you just need to realize it in your heart and mind.
Paul says, “For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:17 KJV). What a powerful promise for us! Paul says that we only need to receive to reign. God the Father bases the new covenant on His gift of all things in Christ and our receiving by faith. We will reign, which means that we will overcome every situation in life if we come to understand the abundance of grace in Christ.