You Are A Treasure

It amazes me how many Christians seem to have a lack of understanding how much of a treasure they are! In today's world, depression and anxiety are increasing; way too many teenagers are committing suicide; and stress is through the roof; even for Christians. But why? If we claim to be Christians why do we have to live like the rest of the world who seems to not understand how truly precious they are.

I used to be pulled into this trap - I was depressed, I wanted to commit suicide, I was anxious over some things and I was constantly stressed. I didn't get it but now I do. You see, I viewed myself through the way the world sees me but all along God was there whispering in my ear how precious I was to Him, how much He loves me, and how beautiful I was. The truth is, you wont hear this from the world because the world lives according to the flesh and easily falls into sinful temptations. The devil comes to us in our weakness (notice how the devil comes - he is not omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent) and tells us lies to allow us to believe him and then we fall into the effects of his lies. The devil wants you to believe that you're just another person, that there's nothing special about you and that you should just give up. But God sees who we really are and He is constantly there telling us who we are to Him.

Even though you may be in the pit of depression there is still hope. God will make away, you just have to take it.

My parents have owned this round bronze table for as long as I can remember. It was never taken out except for being used as a gong or something unimportant. It had green spots on it and was a gunky brown color - I though that was just how it was and so we just kept it alone. It wasn't until my mom took another look at it and noticed the Arabic writing on the table. She had believed all along that it said stuff along the lines of "Allah is God..." etc and so she decided to send the writing with my dad to work because he has a couple friends who speak Arabic. These coworkers came back and said that it reads "Blessing," "Good eating," and "When you come into this home this will become your home and we will be your servants," along with many other beautiful sayings about hospitality.

We decided to take that table and buff it up. Through many hours of tarnish remover and buffing it up, this table now sits in my mom's office with a lustrous golden/bronze color and it is absolutely beautiful! That bronze table had a hidden treasure etched for all the world to see, but it just needed to have some TLC.

And like that table, you, as a unique individual, are also a treasure. You may not see it under all that stuff covering you (lies, dissatisfaction, low self-esteem, abuse, and the list goes on) but it's there. And the way that this treasure which is etched in your entire being is going to be shown is to go through some "buffing" and "tarnish" remover. You need to be cleansed by the blood of Jesus which washes away every sinful impurity that you did or that someone else did to you. And then your treasure, my treasure (me Eliana), will sparkle and shine for all the world to see because you have found yourself in Christ. You have seen who you are through God's eyes and you have believed in that truth instead of the lies.

And even when you doubt that you have worth, just listen to God with your spiritual ears and you will hear Him say how much He loves you and that you are a treasure to Him.