Sitting on a Gold Mine

Relevant Bible Verses:-

1) Luke 10:39-41 Martha had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!". "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."

2) 1 John 2:16 The lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and vainglory of life, is not of the Father but is of the world.
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There is a particular firearm presently being exhibited in a Canadian provincial museum. The story behind the display is quite intriguing.

The firearm was used in a bank robbery in 1990 by a 24-year old man, named Curtis. It was the biggest mistakes of Curtis’ life that caused him eight years behind bars for his crime. On the night before the intended and well plan robbery, Curtis went to his father’s home for supper. While the parents were busy in the kitchen, he sneaked into his parents’ bedroom and stole his father’s gun.

The next day he used the gun to hold up a bank and managed to leave with two canvas bags filled with $6,000.00 of cash. The police was able to identify him after reviewing the recorded video camera tapes. He was eventually arrested in his apartment and the holdup weapon was seized as evidence.

You see, Curtis had no need to rob the bank. He stole $6,000, but paid a very high price for it. He had his dad's gun that he used to hold up the bank. That was no ordinary gun. It was a .45-caliber Colt semi-automatic made by the Ross Rifle Company back in 1918. This limited edition antique firearm was valued at $100,000, more than 16 times the value of the stolen money. He was sitting on a gold mine without even realizing it.

In the above passage, we can see two sisters with two different sets of character; Martha being busy and distracted by all the preparations that had to be made, while Mary did nothing but only sat at the feet of Jesus listening to what He has to say.

Many a time we are like Martha, always wanting to do things and ended up being distracted with the preparations that had to be made so much so we forgot to appreciate the real Christ within us. We worry and desire for the material things of the world, which do not belong to the Father.

Although we may have all the energy and capacity to be patient and hardworking, but soon our natural body shall eventually be exhausted. Our natural patience and strength are limited. When our patience and strength begin to deplete, we can easily be provoked and quick to anger as did Martha – blaming her sister Mary for not doing anything. As the result with the lack of wisdom, Martha had lost the opportunity to be with the Lord and thus impeded her growth in God.

Christ’s patience is inexhaustible and immeasurable. He is our refuse, ability, power, patience, love and wisdom, all with unlimited greatness and without measure. If only we are willing to humble ourselves sitting at the feet of Jesus listening to Him. It is so important to know what has been installed for our lives with the blood of Christ in eternity - our stance, position, vision, purpose and destiny in the divine God’s great plan and economy.

We do not want to be working so hard and fighting aimlessly, to the extent of robbing the banks yearning for the finer temporal things of this world where we already have in our possession the “crown jewel” or “pot of gold” right under our nose. Let us not failed to realize that we are in effect sitting on a gold mine in the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Christ provides the answer to the dying soul and He is the life beyond the grave.