Hidden Treasure
Spiritual truth is often hidden and requires discernment beyond natural sight.
Two men were sent to check a rumor that iron lay beneath the surface of a certain piece of ground. One, a scientist and mineralogist, conscious of his own limitations, took along some instruments. The other, a buoyant, self-confident individual, said, "I believe what I can see; and what I can't see I won't believe." He walked rapidly over the field and said, "Iron? Nonsense! I see no iron; there is no iron here." And that is what he stated in his report. The other man did not trust his eye at all but looked at his instruments. The needle on one pointed to the fact that a rich deposit of iron did lie beneath the earth's surface. As he made his report he said, "My eye couldn't see it, but my magnet discerned it." As the eye cannot see minerals hidden in the earth, so it cannot see what is in the heart of God toward man. Man can look upon the crucified Christ and fail to see God's plan of redemption.