隐藏的财宝
史蒂文森的《金银岛》是一个关于海盗黄金的故事，这黄金是他们从西班牙水手那里偷来的，而水手们又是从南美洲的印加人那里偷来的，印加人入侵了别人的土地，在安第斯山脉建立了一个帝国。海盗们把黄金埋在加勒比海岛上。藏宝图丢失后被人们发现，于是来自英国的人们开始寻宝。这是一个叛变、流血，到最后无尽财宝的故事。这也是个人们贪图不义之财及其恶果的故事。
在耶稣所说的隐藏财宝的故事中，我们的主并没有聚焦在财宝的出处，以前有谁知道等等。这并不是祂讲这个比喻的用意。这里的重点是：（1）天国是比任何东西都宝贵的财宝；（2）有时人们意外地发现了它。
人是多么容易被生活中的各种问题完全束缚住啊：受教育，找工作，找配偶，养孩子，抵抗疾病，变老，最终，面对死亡。同时人也是多么容易将永生当作模糊的宗教事物，听从人嘲笑它为“天上掉馅饼”。然而，能够发现耶稣来是为我们这些罪人显出神的爱，这是多么令人惊讶啊！永生和天国就像埋在地下的财宝一样实实在在。
主啊，感谢你爱我们这一惊喜，这使得生命的全部都变得宝贵。阿们。
马太福音 13:44-46
44“天国好像宝贝藏在地里，人遇见了就把它藏起来，欢欢喜喜地去变卖一切所有的，买这块地。
45“天国又好像买卖人寻找好珠子，
46遇见一颗重价的珠子，就去变卖他一切所有的，买了这颗珠子。
Hidden Treasure
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field.” — Matthew 13:44
Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island is a story about pirate gold, stolen from Spanish sailors, who had stolen it from the Incas in South America, who had invaded the lands of other people and had built an empire in the Andes Mountains. The pirates had buried the gold on a Caribbean island. After the treasure map was lost and later found, people from England went in search of it. This is a tale of mutiny, bloodshed, and—in the end—untold riches. It is a parable about people’s ill-gotten gains and the trouble it brings.
In Jesus’ parable about hidden treasure, our Lord doesn’t focus on where the treasure came from, who might have known about it in the past, and so on. That isn’t why he told the parable. The important points here are that (1) the kingdom of heaven is a treasure worth more than anything else we could have, and (2) sometimes people stumble upon it unexpectedly.
How easy it is to be utterly wrapped up in the struggles of life: getting an education, landing a job, finding a spouse, raising kids, fending off health problems, growing old, and, eventually, facing death. How easy it would be to brush off eternal life as vague religious stuff, and to listen to the sneers of people who call it “pie in the sky.” But what a surprise to find that Jesus came to show God’s love for us sinners! Eternal life and the kingdom of heaven are as solid as treasure found in a field.
Lord, thank you for the surprise of your love for us, which makes all of life worthwhile. Amen.
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