
OUR Saviour told of a man who, in ploughing his field, heard his ploughshare  chink against buried treasure, and hastened to sell all that he had in order to  buy it. In speaking thus, He pictured Himself as well as us. He found us before  we found Him. The treasure is His people, to purchase whom He gave up all that  He had, even to His throne (Mat 13:44). "Ye are an elect race, a royal  priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that ye may show  forth the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous  light" 1Pe 2:9, 
Where his treasure is, there is a man's heart.  If it is in ships on the treacherous sea, he tosses restlessly on his bed,  solicitous for its safety. If it is in fabrics, he guards against moth; if in  metal, against rust and thieves. And is Christ less careful for His own? Does He  not guard with equal care against all that would deteriorate our value in His  esteem? Need we fear the thief? Will not the Only-begotten keep us, so that the  evil one shall not touch us (Mat 6:19-20)?
God's treasure is His forever.  "They shall be Mine, saith the Lord of Hosts, in the day that I do make, even a  peculiar treasure." He will hold His own, as men cling to their treasure,  binding it about their loins, in a storm at sea Mal 3:17,
Let us  mind the conditions: to obey His voice, and keep His covenant; then on eagles'  wings He will bring us to Himself. Compliance with these is blessed in its  results. God regards us with the ecstasy of a love that rejoices over us with  singing; and counts on us as a mother on her child, a miser on His gold.