“Not Hard to Get”

Thursday, February 14, 2019

                I think a general rule is the more worthwhile something is the harder it is to get it.  In school it wouldn’t have been hard for me to pass a class with a “D.”  I could do that with almost no effort at all, but the much more valuable “A” took a lot more work.  If something is extremely valuable it might even be unattainable.  Could I get a small diamond to ask Raeanne to marry me?  Sure, with some saving and sacrifice.  Could I obtain the 45.52 carat Hope Diamond?  Uhh . . .not legally.  And since I’m a minister instead of a master criminal not illegally either.  Get how this works?  The best things tend to be super hard to get.  But I hope this doesn’t discourage people from pursing God.  I hope this principle doesn’t convince people to abandon seeking God’s Word.

                Even though every Word from God is more precious than diamonds it is amazingly accessible to us.  As Moses once said, God’s Word “is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, ‘Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?’  Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so that we may obey it?’  No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it” (Deuteronomy 30:12-14).  I think righteous people would happily cross the ocean to receive a word from God . . . but they don’t have to.  God loves us so much that He has put something incredibly valuable within reach. 

                The Word is in our hearts so that we may seek (and find) God.  I’ve watched a few Indiana Jones movies in my time, where Harrison Ford goes on incredibly difficult quests to obtain priceless artifacts.  Perhaps that’s how many people view seeking God.  They may think the quest to get to God would be so difficult, the obstacles so great, it’s not really worth the effort.  Perhaps these people would be surprised to know that God is not far away.  The obstacles to get to God are great but they have already been overcome by Christ.  “From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.  God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.” (Acts 17:26-27).  What is it worth to you to be near God?  How worthwhile would that be?  Rejoice that God has made this an exception to the rule!  God is worth more than the whole world but He is not far from each one of us. 

Written by Doug Wells

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