Where Do You Find Buried Treasure?

In the 1994 movie The Shawshank Redemption, a banker named Andy Dufreyne spends nearly two decades in Shawshank State Prison for murders he did not commit. After years of painstaking planning and effort, he tunnels out of his cell, escapes through the prison sewer system, and heads to Mexico with a fortune he has embezzled from the corrupt prison warden.

One of my favorite scenes in the movie comes near the end when Red, Andy’s best friend in the prison, is finally paroled after 40 years of incarceration. Before he escaped, Andy gave Red specific instructions about how to reconnect with him after Red got out. Go to a certain farm outside the town of Buxton, Maine. Look for a field with a big oak tree at the end of a stone wall. Find a large volcanic rock that seems out of place, and look under it.

All the Treasures In Him

All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Christ (Colossians 2:3). All the treasures. That's a lot.

The other night I started trying to think of some of the treasures. I read over Ephesians 1-2 and made a list.

• We are faithful in Christ Jesus – 1:1. (I think this means that we will be faithful because we are united to Christ.)
• We have been blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ – 1:3.
• We were chosen in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless – 1:4.
• We were blessed with His glorious grace in the Beloved (Christ) – 1:6.
• We have redemption, and forgiveness of all our trespasses, in Him, through His blood – 1:7.
• The mystery of God's will has been made known to us in Christ – 1:9.
• We have obtained an inheritance in Him – 1:11.
• We were sealed with the Holy Spirit in Him – 1:13
• We were raised up and seated in Christ Jesus – 2:6.
• The immeasurable riches of God’s kindness will be shown us in Christ – 2:7.
• We are His workmanship, created for good works, in Christ Jesus – 2:10.
• Instead of having no hope, we were brought near to God in Christ Jesus – 2:13.

Not only that, but

• We can consider ourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus - Romans 6:11.
• In Christ Jesus we have been given the free gift of eternal life - Romans 6:23.
• There is no condemnation for us in Christ Jesus - Romans 8:1.
• We are set free from the law of sin and death in Christ Jesus - Romans 8:2.
• If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation - 2 Corinthians 5:17.

 Can you can think of other treasures in Christ? They're all there.