08/08/2026
The last several days have been filled with travel, conversations, business opportunities, getting the shop organized, thinking about sourcing and investments, working alongside my wife, considering ways my children might participate, and continuing to carry the vision for 318 Men, the Brotherhood, The Ascension of the Warrior, and the larger mission.
Day 1513 — The Treasure in the Field
August 8, 2026 | Matthew 13:44–46
🔥 Pain → Purpose → Power | 💪 Health ❤️ Relationships 💼 Wealth
I started this morning preoccupied—not disconnected from God, but actually very grateful. Opportunities are everywhere: business, the shop, sourcing, family, 318, the Brotherhood, and The Ascension of the Warrior. My struggle was knowing where to put my time and resources without missing what God is doing.
My prayer became simple:
“God, teach me value. Show me what You have already placed under my nose that I have not learned to value correctly.”
Then Matthew 13:44–46 opened something for me.
Jesus describes treasure hidden in a field and a merchant searching for valuable pearls. I immediately saw myself in the merchant. I've spent much of my life searching, sourcing, buying, selling, processing, and recognizing value where others may see very little.
But today the question changed:
What if God has been training my eyes to recognize more than the value of things?
There is treasure everywhere—in experience, skills, relationships, family, testimony, opportunities, and especially people. A man can spend his entire life searching elsewhere while failing to recognize the treasure already buried in his own field.
That may be part of 318.
Taking Back What's Been Lost begins by discovering what has been lost.
A man may have buried his faith, discipline, health, marriage, relationship with his children, leadership, stewardship, courage, or calling. Maybe the Brotherhood helps him walk his field, recognize what God has already entrusted to him, and begin taking it back.
THE LESSON
My business mind understands:
Search → Recognize → Invest → Develop → Sell → Reinvest → Repeat.
But Jesus' lesson goes deeper. The Kingdom itself is the treasure of surpassing value.
So the Kingdom principle becomes:
Search → Recognize → Prioritize → Steward → Multiply.
Not everything valuable is my assignment. Not every opportunity deserves my time. And not every source of provision is a distraction from purpose.
THE REVELATION
Maybe 318, the Brotherhood, The Ascension of the Warrior, the Kingdom Balance Sheet, my business experience, and even the opportunities around me aren't competing fields.
Maybe they are pieces of one field God has already given me to steward.
The book provides principles.
The Brotherhood provides accountability and application.
The Kingdom Balance Sheet reveals what God has entrusted to a man.
Health, Relationships, and Wealth reveal where something has been lost.
Pain → Purpose → Power becomes the journey of taking it back.
I've spent much of my life searching for value. Now God is teaching me to recognize the value already in my field, steward it faithfully, and never mistake the field for the Treasure.
The Kingdom is the Treasure.