All that glitters isn’t gold. It’s as good as gold. A gold mine of information. It’s worth its weight in gold. She’s sitting on a gold mine. They are all maxims, sayings in life, with the word gold in common. How about The Golden Rule. . . “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Sometimes someone is said to speak with a silver tongue, meaning he is persuasive and flattering, yet insincere. When someone speaks with a golden tongue, his words bring hope and peace. The sound of his words are music to the ears The sight of his words make the eyes open wide, as if one is seeing something remarkable. Golden words fill the air with the fragrance of Lilies of the valley where the sheep find pasture. . .where the Shepherd protects them, and provides for their every need.
Thousands of years ago, a great king named Solomon, spent all of his time and energies experiencing the treasures of gold in all of its forms. He accumulated more than any other man in the world. He had all that one could want or need. . .and this is what he had to say about it. “I was the architect and builder of great monuments and parks; I built vineyards and houses; I made orchards and gardens. I planted trees of all kinds of fruits. I had servants and maidens at my beckon call. I gathered silver and gold. I had all the treasures that a king could possess. Whatever my eyes desired, I catered to them. I did not withhold any joy from my heart. Then I looked at all the possessions and achievements that my own hard work accomplished and realized that it was all vanity. . .and it left me feeling empty.” The word vanity means “an illusion; something transitory, fleeting; nothingness; worse than nothing.” What could be worse than nothing? Laboring for gold.
For much of my life, I believed it’s what you have that is the measuring stick for who you are. When I was in my middle 20’s, my cousin Denny told me that I was the rich brother in the T.V. series, “Rich Man, Poor Man.” What a joke. I was a joke. I was very focused on gold. Feeling pretty good about myself. Full of myself. Full of you know what. I didn’t know that I was on the wrong path. . .on the wrong, gold-colored yellow brick road. Little did I know what was coming. “The refining pot is for silver and the furnace is for gold; but the Lord tests the heart with fire to determine its worth.”
It is not what you have that makes the man. It is who you have, that determines who you are. On your own, singular so to speak, you are only a desert island. No matter how much you may surround yourself with on the island, you are surrounding yourself with emptiness, shadows of real substance. Your sense of personal well-being is always about something exterior from yourself. Hungry for acceptance and worth, dining continuously on a golden buffet, going up for seconds and thirds of Chinese cuisine. . .temporarily full, but only full of yourself and your unmet needs. . .needing something more of something else. More fool’s gold. Trying to be a self-made man.
“I will make a man more precious than fine gold. . .a new Name is rather to be chosen than great riches and Loving Favor rather to be chosen than silver and gold.” It is Who you have that determines who you are. It’s the family you belong too. It’s the family name that you have inherited. It’s the blood line that runs through your veins that makes the difference. It’s all about the union. When you join yourself to the gold of life to find meaning and purpose, and happiness and peace. . .you are in union with nothing. All is vanity and profound misery for your heart and your spirit. The birth of that union is worse than nothing. When you are joined to Divine Gold, God Himself. . .it is Who you have that makes a difference. It is the Power Source, the Resource that makes the man more precious than gold.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. The dumbo sheep have heard Him speak peace into their souls. . .Golden Words. The Lilies have walked through the orchard and have been intoxicated by His Golden Scent. The eagles that fly over the Rainbow of His Love have seen the Golden and Silver colors of Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faith, Self-control, Forgiveness, Power, Wisdom. . .all of the Shades of Who He is, and who they are in union with him. Filled with God. Full and over-flowing to others. Branches bearing Fruit from His Golden Orchard, ready for the picking by those whom they Love.
Hearts of Gold. Freely given. Freely received. Free Love.
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