his treasured possession

The other day I wrote this post on being chosen by God. I spoke of "knowing" God's truth and His promises, but not always believing that they apply to me. When I hear a truth, sometimes I feel as if it lands on the surface of my heart (so to speak), but doesn't make its way to the depths.

Wednesday night I had a breakthrough - and it was awesome!

I mentioned that I am a part of a Thursday morning Bible Study and we are currently doing a study called Anointed, Transformed, and Redeemed by Priscilla Shirer, Beth Moore, and Kaye Arthur and it is beyond good!.

As I was completing the last day of "homework" for this week, my eyes ran across a verse from Deuteronomy 7:6

"You are My treasure."

Something about the verse beckoned me to look it up in the translation that I enjoy (New International Version), so I did and here's what it said...

"For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession."

Now I love some deep thinking, so I took it a step further and thought about the characteristics of people's treasured possessions whether or not those treasures would be people or material/sentimental items. I (well, really the Lord) came up with six characteristics of treasured possessions:

1. Treasured possessions are a priority to their owner/master, etc.
2. Treasured possessions are tenderly and meticulously looked after and cared for.
3. Treasures are fiercely protected and guarded.
4. Treasures are highly esteemed and loved by their owners/masters, etc.
5. Treasures hold immeasurable worth(great value) and are irreplaceable.
6. Treasured possessions are often sought after and pursued in quests that sometimes take years.

After listing the characteristics of treasured possessions, I took it even one step further and compared those characteristics to myself and God - with me being the treasured possession.

Because I am God's treasured possession (according to His Word):

1. I am His priority - (John 3:16)

"For God so loved the world (insert your name where "world" is for a more personal truth) that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him."

2. I am tenderly and meticulously looked after and cared for - (Matthew 6:25-33)

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

3. I am fiercely guarded and protected by God - (Psalm 18:1-19) This passage is a little long, so I couldn't put the whole thing on here, but here's an excerpt:

"He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. He rescued me from my powerful enemies, from my foes who were too strong for me. They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the Lord was my support. He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me."

4. I am highly esteemed and loved by God - (1 Peter 2:9-10)

"But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy."

5. I hold immeasurable worth/value and am irreplaceable in God's eyes - (Isaiah 49:15-16, 64:8)

"Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you? See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me."

"Yet, O Lord you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand."

6. I have been and still am being pursued and sought after by God - (Titus 3:3-7, Psalm 139)

"At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified (freed from all blame and guilt) by his grace , we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life."


This post is long, so if you're still with me, I believe that God is speaking to you. The truth is that you are His treasure, whether you feel like it's true or not. If there is something (anger, fear, etc.) keeping you from knowing God or talking to Him, please, be honest with Him about what's hurting you. He's big enough to hear our biggest mess and He can handle the hurts of our hearts. He wants you to move forward out of your hurt and become better, healed, and whole. God has good things for you - not painless things for you (because the reality is that life is just painful), but good things for you.

If you have further questions or want to talk more about some of the things I've written, please email me at cowengilmore@yahoo.com.

Be blessed my friends!