Today I want to talk to you about turning trash into

treasure. In 1970 a French engineer purchased a chest for $160 to hold

his television. What he did not know was that he had purchased the big

brother of 2 chests made by Japanese royalty craftsman Mazarin that was

gifted to English royalty in the 18th century. The chest had been

wrongly labeled in an auction at the turn of the 20th century as a

Chinese chest, and made its way to this engineer. In 2013, after this

engineer passed, an estate appraiser recognized it, relabeled it as an

authentic Mazarin chest, and it sold to a museum in America for over 9

million dollars. God is in the business of upgrading, finding and

revealing great value. He is using the foolish things to confound the

wise. He finds Saul, He finds Matthew. The Israelites were enslaved, but

plundered Egypt without raising a sword. What man thought was trash, God

may find as treasure. Here's the problem, we get lots of trash in our

lives, piles and piles of crud sometimes, and if we aren't careful we

will miss out on the treasure that is in that trash. We may throw away

the things God brought us, quit early, walk away from the greatest gift

because we got tired, or persecuted, misunderstood or offended. What

Satan has meant for evil God can turn to good!