Growing up, my best friend and I would dig up our backyards in hope of discovering buried treasure. We dreamt about unearthing bones, gold, treasure maps. With our hands and sticks, we eagerly dug, convinced we would happen upon an artifact no one had ever seen. Though we never found Native American paraphernalia or Black Beard’s gold, we reveled in the hope of uncovering a mystery.
As adults not many of us still look for buried treasure. But this is exactly what Solomon invites us to do when he writes of wisdom, “If you seek her as silver and search for her as for hidden treasures, then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God” (Prov 2:4, 5 NASB). Seek for wisdom as financial gain. Pan for her like gold. Dig for her like dinosaur bones. God desires that we answer His call to come seek for wisdom, and in so doing discover Him.
So what if we began to view the book of Proverbs, Wisdom literature, and Scripture itself as one big backyard full of possibilities? What if we grabbed our friends and with open hearts and minds began to unearth the hidden treasures God breathed? In so doing we can happen upon the very knowledge of God.
Let us then say our amen to Paul’s prayer for each other and for ourselves, we "pray for you and ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God” (Col 1:9, 10). Grab your Bible. Get some friends together. It's time to go treasure hunting.
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