"A story is told about William Randolph Hearst, the late newspaper publisher.
Hearst invested a fortune in collecting great works of art. One day he read
about some valuable pieces of art and decided that he must add them to his
collection. He sent his agent abroad to locate and purchase them. Months went by
before the agent returned and reported to Hearst that the items had at last been
found-they were stored in his own warehouse. Hearst had purchased them years
before." (From "Our Sufficiency in Christ" by John MacArthur, Jr.)
Sometimes we get so bogged down with the busyness and pressures of life, with
the abundance of things we possess, and/or with unresolved baggage from the past
that we are either unwilling to claim, unable to appropriate, or simply unaware
of the riches in Christ Jesus that God has for us.
We're not talking about material riches that clutter many of the lives of those
of us who live in the West, but about riches of a far greater kind. . .such as
peace with God, forgiveness of our sins and wrongs, freedom from guilt, the
assurance of eternal life and a home in Heaven, and the journey in the here and
now to growth, inner healing and wholeness.
God has all these riches [blessings] and many more for all of us. But it's up to
each of us to claim them. To discover what they are, it helps to read and study
God's Word the Bible.
By Dick Innes, Daily Encounter
www.actsweb.org/detoday . Used by permission.
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