Thought for the Day 7/25/2025

 Friday Tale - Unlock Your Treasure

A story is told of the Apaches in the time of the Old West. One day, the Apaches attacked a cavalry unit and captured the army’s safe.  They had never seen a safe before, but they knew it contained a large amount of gold.  

But there was one problem.  They had no idea how to open the safe.  They pounded on its knob with stones, whacked at it with their tomahawks, roasted it in a hot fire, soaked it in the river, and even tried blasting it open with gunpowder, but nothing seemed to work.  

Finally, the Apache chief had an idea.  “Throw it off the cliff,” he shouted to his men.  This would surely break open the safe when it hit the rocks hundreds of feet below.  Much to their disappointment, however, it did not work.  All that happened was that one of the wheels broke off the safe.

Totally frustrated, they gave up and left the treasured safe in the ravine.  Later, members of the army found the safe, and within a few minutes with the correct combination, opened the safe and found the gold still inside.

Many of us are like that safe.  To find the treasures that lie deep inside of you, the right combination must first be found.  You can never open the talents and resources that lie within you by allowing thoughts of worry, fear and despair to occupy your minutes.

With the right combination of ambition, confidence, determination, and enthusiasm you will unlock abilities doors that would otherwise stay closed.

~ Jim Gentile

BUT we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God, and not to us.

~ 2 Corinthians 4:7