The Pearl of Great Price

Matthew 13:45-46

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls,  who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.

This passage brings to mind an old but familiar story about a young girl who went walking with her grandmother one afternoon.  They passed by a second hand shop and as they walked by the young girl saw a beautiful pearl necklace displayed in the window.  It was love at first sight; she begged her grammy to please buy it for her.  Her grandmother was more than willing since it only cost two dollars and made of hard plastic.  That didn’t matter to the young girl; she loved them so much she wore them every day after that without fail.       

After a few weeks the young girls parents noticed how much the necklace meant to her and one evening her father came in to tuck her into bed and asked her if she would be willing to give him the necklace.  She refused and went to bed.  The next evening her father did the same thing and the young girl became upset and refused again but this time the father looked disappointed but said okay; kissed her good night and left the room.  The next night her father came in to tuck her into bed as usual but he did not ask her for her necklace.  She was happy but noticed he looked very sad.  As her father kissed her goodnight he turned around to leave and the young girl calls to him with tears in her eyes and asks him to take the pearl necklace because she couldn’t bear to see him sad. 

His eyes lit up and began to smile from ear to ear.  He took her necklace off and put it in his pocket and then reached into his other pocket and pulled out a beautiful genuine real pearl necklace and fastened it around her neck.  He then proceeded to tell her how he had been holding on to them for a few days and was waiting for the day she would give him her fake pearls so he could give her the real pearls that were far more valuable instead.

The moral of this story is about how we view the things we THINK are too important in our lives to let go of or what we are afraid of giving up if we come to God.  The truth is that the very things we are so afraid of losing are like the young girls fake pearl necklace; there is no comparison to what God wants to give us in return.  Our Heavenly Father has so much more to offer that is not just valuable but eternal and worth more than gold.   Come to Him and make a decision to walk with God through Jesus Christ and find out for yourselves and taste and see that the Lord truly is Good! 

 “Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him. The young lions lack and suffer hunger; But those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing. Psalm 34:8-10 - NKJV          

Filoiann Wiedenhoff