Pearl of Great Price
We are surrounded by beauty and thousands of things demanding our attention that they in and of themselves hold the value and satisfaction we need to solve our deepest void. How many times has the world promised you that if you got the perfect job, house, car, spouse of your dreams, and kids that are perfect in behavior that all of your problems would be solved and the deep void in your heart would be filled. In reality you would be considered very blessed if you managed to have all of those things at the same time. For those of us who may struggle financially or have a less than perfect family situation, it can be easy for us too often covet this idealistic picture that the world tries to market to us as the very thing we need to make us feel complete. We all know that this is not actually true, or maybe you are still figuring that out for yourself. The rich buy more and more things to try and satisfy. The family vacation that you longed for and dreamed of is fun while it lasts, but then what's next? A new car, that only lasts so long. There is a deep void in our hearts that only the Pearl of Great Price can fill.“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls, and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold everything that he had and bought it." (Matthew 13:45-46) We can spend our whole life trying to fill this deep void in our hearts and in the end we will still come up empty, but if we pursue the One True Treasure, that is Jesus, our hearts will be made full and the treasures of this world will grow strongly dim.
Pearl of Great Price
We are surrounded by beauty and thousands of things demanding our attention that they in and of themselves hold the value and satisfaction we need to solve our deepest void. How many times has the world promised you that if you got the perfect job, house, car, spouse of your dreams, and kids that are perfect in behavior that all of your problems would be solved and the deep void in your heart would be filled. In reality you would be considered very blessed if you managed to have all of those things at the same time. For those of us who may struggle financially or have a less than perfect family situation, it can be easy for us too often covet this idealistic picture that the world tries to market to us as the very thing we need to make us feel complete. We all know that this is not actually true, or maybe you are still figuring that out for yourself. The rich buy more and more things to try and satisfy. The family vacation that you longed for and dreamed of is fun while it lasts, but then what's next? A new car, that only lasts so long. There is a deep void in our hearts that only the Pearl of Great Price can fill.“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls, and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold everything that he had and bought it." (Matthew 13:45-46) We can spend our whole life trying to fill this deep void in our hearts and in the end we will still come up empty, but if we pursue the One True Treasure, that is Jesus, our hearts will be made full and the treasures of this world will grow strongly dim.