![]() ![]() With patience and a keen eye, he may eventually “see color” at the base of the pan-the color being specks of gold. The prospector repeatedly adds water, swishing and draining. Because gold is heavier than dirt, it sinks to the bottom of the pan. While swishing the dirt-water mix, he slightly tilts the pan to pour out a small amount. He then adds water to the pan and performs a slow, swishing motion to thoroughly mix it into the dirt. The prospector goes to the water’s edge, scoops dirt from the five-gallon bucket and puts it into the gold pan. (A half-inch mesh classifier has four holes per square inch while a quarter-inch mesh has about 16 holes per square inch.) The prospector checks the larger rocks remaining in the classifier for the extremely rare possibility they are made of gold.Īfter several scoops, the bucket becomes full of filtered dirt and is ready for an additional filtering process. The classifier sifts the larger stones and pebbles through mesh, allowing smaller dirt particles to collect in the bucket. Using one popular technique, the prospector will scoop large sections of dirt believed to have gold deposits into a five-gallon bucket covered by a classifier. A very small vial is used to collect what are usually only flecks of precious gold found after hours of effort. Old-school prospecting tools include a shovel, a large bucket, a classifier (sifter), a gold pan, and access to water-usually a nearby pond or stream. Though mining is more industrialized today, many still use traditional methods of gold prospecting. ![]() You can learn to find delight in searching God’s Word. ![]() Like prospecting for gold, a purposeful searching of the scriptures makes discovering priceless bits of spiritual and practical information worth the effort. Recognizing the value of the wisdom, knowledge and understanding contained in God’s Word can motivate you to put forth the effort. The promise to get to it when we have “more time” usually never materializes, or at best results in a superficial look at Scripture. Though we recognize that in-depth study is important, “cares of this life” ( Luke 21:34) can make it difficult to make time to research and probe verses. Our schedules can also make it challenging. If we are not naturally bookish or scholarly, it takes additional motivation to sit and focus on the pages of a book, even God’s Word. Several reasons could explain a lack of delight in Bible study. We all occasionally find it difficult to muster excitement in studying Scripture. If this describes you, take solace in the fact that you are not alone. It could have been when first learning the truth or perhaps after hearing a particularly inspiring sermon or reading a thought-provoking Pillar article.īut this zeal can turn into the exception instead of the norm. ![]() We have all experienced interest and excitement while examining scriptures. Once prospectors identify an area with gold, they will do almost anything to secure control of it and mine it thoroughly.Ĭhrist’s analogy is spot on. Reserves below ground are estimated to be only another 54,000 tons. This includes all the gold in jewelry, private investment and the government sector. To give an idea of how little this is, if all the gold ever discovered were melted into one cube, it would only be about 70 feet on each side-enough to fill 100 tractor trailers. Despite being discovered on every continent (except Antarctica), only 190,040 tons of gold have been discovered. It is valued highly because it is so rare. Gold collects beneath the Earth’s surface when molten rock containing the precious metal and other materials circulates toward the surface and cools, forming deposits. Similarly, searching God’s Word is like prospecting for gold. A man discovered this fortune and exuberantly sold all he had to buy the property and mine as much treasure as he could. 1:2 112:1)?Ĭhrist likened His message to a treasure hid in a field ( Matt. You know you should study God’s Word-but do you delight in it as God expects ( Psa. Do you enjoy Bible study as much as you should?īe honest. ![]()
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