Priceless Letters

By Our Daily Bread

Read: Ephesians 3:1-12

When you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ. —Ephesians 3:4

If you have a letter from Mark Twain in your attic, it could be worth a lot of money. A personal, 9-page letter written to his daughter in 1875 sold for $33,000 back in 1991. Ordinary correspondence from the author of Tom Sawyer usually brings $1,200 to $1,500 a page. Experts say that even though Twain wrote 50,000 letters during his lifetime, demand is still strong for these personal notes from one of America’s favorite authors.

You probably don’t have any correspondence from Mark Twain, but chances are you own a priceless collection of letters. Twenty-one of the 27 books in the New Testament are letters written to encourage and instruct Christians. They contain the priceless revelation of Jesus Christ.

In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul wrote, “By revelation He made known to me the mystery . . . of which I became a minister” (3:3,7). He had received a message from God and was told to preach it to the world (v.8). The letters we hold in our hands today contain God’s special revelation to us.

To every Christian, the value of the New Testament letters is not their cash value, but the wisdom they bring to an open heart—wisdom from God Himself.

Exceeding great and precious
Are the promises of God,
Inscribed in golden letters
In the pages of His Word. —Cockrell

If you want life-changing mail, open your Bible and read a letter from God.