Heart Tracks - Wonderful Things

      Devotional writer Dianne Neal Matthews tells the story of the discovery of the tomb of Pharoah King Tutankhamen, more commonly known as "King Tut."  Archaeologist Howard Carter had been digging in the Valley of Kings in Egypt for nearly 5 years.  Most thought him a fool, believing that there were no more discoveries to made there.  His sponsor, British Lord Carnarvon was losing patience and hope, but agreed to finance one more season of digging.  Just 4 days later, Carter and the workers discovered steps leading to a tomb entrance.  Summoning Carnarvron, they dug on to the very door of the tomb.  Carter made a small hole in the door, and lighting a candle, peered into the darkness.  Carnarvron asked him, "Do you see anything?"  Carter, having gotten just a glimpse of the huge amount of treasure within replied, "Yes, wonderful things."

    In this story lies great spiritual truth for all.  In a place where all believed there was nothing else to be discovered, lay what might be the greatest archaeological find ever.  When all around him believed him a fool for seeking what they thought wasn't there, Carter dug on, seeking with all his heart that which he fully believed was there.  When it comes to God, His truth, especially as concerns that truth revealed in His Living Word, which attitude is yours and mine?  Most believed Carter's digging to be an exercise in futility.  There's nothing there, so why go on seeking?  Might this be you?  Carter was certainly not the only archaeologist in Egypt, but all the others believed that "treasure" could only be found somewhere else.  Carter believed it could be found, at least in this instance, only where he was.  Jesus said that real truth, full truth, is found only in Him.  "I am the Truth," are His words, not mine.  Where are you seeking truth today?
   The problem here doesn't just lie outside the church.  I remember a number of years back a member of the congregation telling me that he didn't really listen to sermons anymore with any expectation of learning something new.  He'd been listening for many years and believed he'd received all the truth he could.  Sadly, his life in every way reflected that fallacy.  Like those that daily walked over the hidden tomb of Tut, believing that nothing was there, he came again and again before God, leaving as he came, empty.  He has many companions in the church today.    

   Psalm 119:18 reads, Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.  The small light of Carter's candle enabled him to see just a glimpse of the "wonderful things" within.  So too will the light of Christ, no matter how small it may be in you right now, give you a glimpse of the wonderful things to be found in Him.  Indeed, one of His names for Himself is "Wonderful."  Right now, whether you know it or not, lies before you, beneath you, around you, and above you, the wonderful things of God, the wonder of God Himself.  Have you seen Him?  Would you see Him?  Will you see Him now?  It requires that you have a heart that seeks to see.  He can and will give you that heart, and in the giving, will enable you to see His "wonderful things."  Ask for it.  Ask for it now.

Blessings,

Pastor O