Searching for Treasure / 寻找宝藏

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Searching for Treasure

Wisdom] is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold. Proverbs 3:14

Buried treasure. It sounds like something out of a children’s storybook. But eccentric millionaire Forrest Fenn claims to have left a box of jewels and gold, worth up to $2 million, somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. Many people have gone in search of it. In fact, four people have lost their lives trying to find the hidden riches.

The author of Proverbs gives us reason to stop and think: Does any kind of treasure merit such a quest? In Proverbs 4, a father writing to his sons about how to live well suggests that wisdom is one thing worth seeking at any cost (v. 7). Wisdom, he says, will lead us through life, keep us from stumbling, and crown us with honor (vv. 8–12). Writing hundreds of years later, James, half-brother of Jesus and leader in the early church, also emphasized the importance of wisdom. “The wisdom that comes from heaven,” he writes, “is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere” (James 3:17). When we seek wisdom, we find all kinds of good things flourishing in our lives.

To seek wisdom is ultimately to seek God, the source of all wisdom and understanding. And the wisdom that comes from above is worth more than any buried treasure we could ever imagine.

寻找宝藏

得智慧胜过得银子，其利益强如精金。-箴言3章14节

寻找宝藏？这听起来好像是童话故事，但美国有位古怪的富翁芬恩（Forrest Fenn）声称，自己在洛矶山脉的某处埋藏了一个盒子，里头装了价值200万美元的黄金和珠宝。消息传出后，人们趋之若鹜，纷纷加入寻宝行列，甚至有四个人在寻找宝藏的过程中不幸丧生。

箴言的作者要我们冷静思考一个问题：是否所有的宝藏都值得如此苦苦追寻呢？在箴言第4章，一位父亲期盼他的孩子们拥有美好的人生，告诉他们说，智慧值得我们付出一切所有去寻求（7节）。这位父亲说，智慧能引导我们的一生，让我们行走不致跌倒，并使我们以尊荣为冠冕（8-12节）。数百年后，耶稣的一个门徒雅各也强调了智慧的重要性。他写道：“惟独从上头来的智慧，先是清洁，后是和平，温良柔顺，满有怜悯，多结善果，没有偏见，没有假冒”（雅各书3章17节）。当我们寻求智慧时，就会发现在我们的生命中充满各样的美事。

寻求智慧其实就是寻求上帝，因为祂是所有智慧和知识的源头。那从上头而来的智慧最为宝贵，价值远超过我们所能想像的任何宝藏。

上帝啊，求祢指教我，
使我的心渴望得着智慧，
且让我的脚走在祢的道路上。