Sunday, June 3, 2012

Where's your treasure?

In 2004, Jon Turteltaub directed the movie, National Treasure. The main character, Benjamin Franklin Gates descends from a family of treasure-seekers who've all hunted for the same thing: the templars treasure, which was hidden by the Founding Fathers after the Revolutionary War. Ben is close to discovering its whereabouts, as is his competition, but the FBI is also hip to the hunt.
In one scene, Abigail and Ben are in an Urban Outfitters, and while they are changing out of their party clothes they have this conversation:
Abigail: Well, you're certain the treasure is real,despite what anyone else thinks.
Ben Gates:No, but I hope it's real.I mean, I've dreamt it's real since my grandfather told me about it.But I want to hold it. I feel like I'm so close, I can taste it. But I just... I just want to know it's not just something in my head or in my heart.
Abigail: People don't really talk that way, you know.
Ben: I know. But they think that way.
Ben has been following clues to find the treasure, and each clue sends him off to look for another clue.
As Christians, God has given us "clues" in the Bible that we follow in order to obtain a heavenly "treasure". We first recieve the clue of salvation, which leads us to church, which pulls us into a deeper relationship with Christ as we dig deeper into the "clues" in the Bible. Eventually, you will follow a "clue" and it will lead you to ministry opportunities. And when we take our final breath, we will find ourselves in the presence of God, walking the streets of gold with the saints that have gone before...
Before we become Christians, we are like treasure hunters, storing up great riches and valuables here, until one day we find the ultimate clue that will lead us to the ultimate treasure... eternal life. Close to the end of the film, before they discover the hidden catch that opens the door to the treasure room, Ben's father states that even if the treasure was moved, they should keep looking for it. His father has come full circle, from being doubtful of the treasures existance, to believing, just like his son. On our journey to the ultimate treasure, our lives will impact people... are you storing up your treasures here on earth, or are you storing them up in heaven? In closing, Matthew 6:19-21 says for us to:
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
There is a old Sunday school song that reads like this: "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness. And all these things shall be added unto you. Hallelu, Hallelujah!"

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