God only knows why He put so many of this world's most precious commodities in such hard-to-get-at places. If it was to test our wills--to see to what lengths we would be willing to go and what price we would be willing to pay to get to them--it worked.

Whether probing for oil beneath the deserts of the Middle East or within the Arctic Circle, or plunging into the subterranean dark and cold to mine for gold, diamonds, and other precious metals and gems, the most determined of us brave some of the world's harshest conditions and risk life and limb to get to the source and strike it rich.

But even for the fortunate few who succeed, is it really worth it? How long will their riches last, and how much real happiness will they find in the meantime? When you stop to think about it, their triumphs are really tragedies if that's all they're left with.

Isn't it wonderful, though, that God put the very most valuable thing in life--the one thing that can truly satisfy and last for eternity--within reach of everyone? I'm referring to His love, of course. "God is love," the Bible tells us (1 John 4:8). He is love itself--the wellspring from which love in all of its other wonderful forms flows. Why waste time looking elsewhere when you can go straight to the source and find all the love you ever dreamed of and more? There are oceans of love waiting for you, only a prayer away.

If you haven't yet learned how to tap into God's unending reservoir of love, this issue of Activated could change your life!

Keith Phillips
For the Activated family