{"id":1336,"date":"2022-05-12T04:24:06","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T09:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=1336"},"modified":"2022-05-12T19:14:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T00:14:50","slug":"finding-real-treasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/finding-real-treasure\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Real Treasure…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Yeshua teaches us to earnestly seek for what really matters in life, to discover that which is best of all. He said, “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it\u201d (Matt. 13:44-46). Here Yeshua teaches us that a relationship with God is the true source of joy and value in life, and that all other passions and desires are like \u201cfools gold\u201d when compared with its overwhelming worth…<\/p>\n

In this connection Soren Kierkegaard wrote: \u201cIf anyone thinks he is a Christian and yet is indifferent toward being that, then he really is not one at all. Indeed, what would we think of a person who gave assurances that he was in love and also that it was a matter of indifference to him?\u201d (Works of Love). The Shema, the \u201cfirst and greatest commandment,\u201d is to love God \u201cbekhol levavkha\u201d (\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05dc\u05be\u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05d1\u05b0\u05da\u05b8) with all our hearts, and yet how is that love possible apart from the revelation of the passion of love itself? \u201cWe love because God first loves us\u201d (1 John 4:19), and therefore teshuvah<\/em> (\u201crepentance\u201d) is a matter of being in love, celebrating God\u2019s heart for us, awakening to its wonder, and being thrilled and overjoyed at its reality. Isn\u2019t this the essence of the matter?<\/p>\n

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\u201cShimon ben Yonah, atah ohev oti?<\/em>\u201d \u2013 \u201cSimon son of Jonah, do you love me?\u201d (John 21:17). But how can we love the Lord apart from trusting his heart for us? \u201cCome unto Me,\u201d Yeshua says, \u201clive in Me and I will live in you\u201d (John 15:1-5; Matt. 11:28-30). O Lord God our Savior, deliver us from apathy and indifference! Soften our hearts and awaken us to our great desire and need for you! Hashivenu, Adonai<\/em>: turn us, O LORD, and we shall be turned; heal us, and we shall be healed… Help us to come to you and to know the breadth and length and height and depth of your great love for us.<\/p>\n

So for what do you hope, friend? What are your dreams? Your deepest desires? Where is your treasure? Yeshua cautioned those who sought their happiness in this world: \u201cDo not store up for yourselves treasures upon earth… be rich toward God\u201d (Matt. 6:19-20; Luke 12:21). When we treasure God, our focus is directed toward the eternal reality, and our interest in this world is minimal. We trust God to meet our daily needs and surrender our future to His care. The only worry we face concerns our own deficiencies in our obligations to the Savior. Our duty is to love God in the truth – bekhol levavkha<\/em> – with all our heart, having no thought of ourselves. Indeed, as I said the other day, self-denial means to quit thinking about yourself (from \u03b1-, “not,” + \u1fe5\u1f73\u03c9, “to speak”) by accepting what God has done for you. As Simone Weil once said, \u201cIt is not my business to think about myself. My business is to think about God. It is for God to think about me.\u201d Amen; we are healed in His love for us.<\/p>\n

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Psalm 73:25 Hebrew page<\/a><\/p>\n

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