The heron snatched the lizard up As quietly it slept When to its rescue out the door My wife in fury swept "No!Not this one!" She yelled and shook Her fist with flashing eyes So in dismay he turned to fly And dropped his newfound prize Then I recalled how I was lost Moving from town to town When all around me danger crept Looking to hunt me down But a voice so quiet yet so deep Echoed in my shadowlands "No! Not this One!" I heard Christ say Then He took my trembling hands!
I ran until my legs gave out Yet pursuing with relentless will My enemies ran swifter still Whose names were fear and doubt Those twin liars taunted me Till I cried to the Lord Then in stillness came His word “Stand child and they will flee! For all your power you have given To running from this war Forgetting I have more Reserved for you in Heaven And all hope is never gone For I hear the desperate calling I will lift those who are falling And become their strength and song The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. Exodus 15:2 KJV And Become Their Strength and Song by Peter Caligiuri Copyright © 2023 all rights reserved
“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.
Matthew 13:44 ESV
When I worked in a grocery store in days long before optical scanners and when no one imagined our store being open on Sundays, Saturday was the number one shopping day of the week. That meant that on Friday afternoons I was assigned to make sure that my aisles were stocked and ready for the morning mayhem when the housewives of West Plains Missouri could empty the shelves faster than I could restock! Then also meant that when the doors opened again on Monday, most of our shelves stood empty. We were sold out until I could drive to the warehouse for more merchandise.
That kind of “sold out” was an avalanche of circumstances that took a weekend to experience. The “sold out” that Jesus teaches us about is not something that happens in a single prayer at the altar or over a weekend retreat. That kind of sold out for the kingdom of God takes a lifetime. The only things of value that we have to give are our days and we must sell them one by one if we are to have the treasure hidden in a field. When we have no further claims in this world to hold and we sell our last day, then we will take full possession of Jesus Christ our only inheritance and our treasure. Then we will have the full field and we will be hidden with Him in The Kingdom of Heaven forever!
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