Today’s reading is Matthew 13.
Have you ever noticed in one parable, the kingdom is like the treasure, but in the other, the kingdom is not like the pearl, but like the merchant? In the first, the kingdom is the treasure that someone sells everything to purchase. In the second, the kingdom is like the merchant who sells everything to purchase the pearl. I know what I’m about to share is not the normal view on this parable, but I submit it to you for consideration. These parables together give us the two sides of the rule and reign of God. On the one hand, it is a treasure more valuable than anything you and I own. We should sell everything to purchase it. On the other hand, it is a merchant that deemed something so valuable it was willing to sell everything to purchase it. In the second, that valuable thing is, I believe, us. God sacrificed all to purchase us by the blood of His Son. Honestly, that is what makes it so valuable to us. When the merchant (kingdom) was willing to sell all in order to purchase us, why wouldn’t we be willing to sell all to purchase the treasure (kingdom)? I could be completely off on this, I’ve been told that before. But I encourage you to think about the kingdom of God’s value, because the God of the kingdom considered your value.
Tomorrow’s reading is Matthew 14.
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