The Treasure Is Worth the Field
Living the Call as an Agent of Camp H.O.P.E.
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.”
— Matthew 13:44
Sometimes I sit back and reflect on how much my life has changed.
There was a season when my days were filled with corporate meetings, conference panels, professional titles, and public recognition. The pace was fast. The expectations were high. The achievements were visible.
And then God called me somewhere different.
I stepped away from the corporate world and into something that looks much less impressive on paper.
Now my life is part-time from a home office.
Part-time in the dirt — sweating, lifting, building, serving.
Some days it’s muddy boots and sore hands.
Some days it’s spreadsheets and late nights.
It’s not glamorous.
But neither was the field.
In Matthew 13:44, the man didn’t buy the field because it was beautiful or prestigious. He bought it because he knew what was hidden inside. He saw the treasure. And that treasure made the field worth everything.
That’s what obedience can look like.
When you say yes to God, you don’t always receive a platform.
Sometimes you receive soil.
Sometimes you receive obscurity.
Sometimes you receive calluses.
But you also receive something far greater — joy.
Not surface-level happiness. Not applause.
Deep, steady, unshakable joy that you are exactly where He wants you to be.
Serving as an Agent of Camp H.O.P.E. has changed me. Ministry doesn’t always arrive with a microphone and a spotlight. Sometimes it shows up in work boots. Sometimes it shows up in hard conversations, in quiet prayer, in long days that no one sees.
I may not carry the same title I once did.
But I carry purpose.
And when your schedule belongs to God, ministry begins to appear in the most unexpected places — in conversations, in construction projects, in moments of encouragement, in acts of service that seem small but are eternally significant.
The treasure is worth the field.
Always.
