In mining country one comes, across a valueless substance that is so like gold ore that inexperienced people cannot always tell the difference. This is called Fool’s Gold, and many a young prospector has wasted much time and hard work before discovering that he has been deceived by the spurious article. Old timers used to say to the tenderfoot: “When you think you have found gold you probably have not; but when you do find it, you will know it for certain.”
So it is with the prospectors on the mountain range that we call life. There are many kinds of fools’ gold to be found, but when you meet the genuine article you will have no doubt in your mind. The true gold will give you a sense of peace and poise, a sense of freedom and power because you will no longer be in bondage to passing material things. It will set you free from much of the tyranny of time and space beliefs. The True gold is that sense of the Presence of God with us, to obtain which is the object of this life.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights… (James1: 17).
We only need to ask ourselves, “Have I found peace, poise, freedom and power in my faith?” If the answer is yes, stake your claim. If the answer is no, then we need to examine ourselves and our faith. We may have found true gold and are not living our faith. Or we may have found fools gold and need to keep looking for the real thing. Either way, the proof is in the fruits of our faith.
Mining the real thing,
Z gardener
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