Who will be like the man who was searching for a pearl of great price? When he found this pearl, in excitement, he sold everything he had to purchase it.
There are many people who are searching for this pearl of great price. People want something that is worth living for. People want something that they will enjoy so much, becoming their object of affection. People are searching for this 'pearl of great price' in bars, in malls, in relationships, in school, in work. . . people are looking for a cause to devote themselves to, and that will in return satisfy them to no end.
There are some who have found this 'pearl of great price', but they are unsure about buying it. They stare at this pearl, hesitating to sell all they have, so that they may own it. They do not possess this pearl, and their relationship with this object, only exists in the exterior. But there is a difference between purchasing and admiring.
But, who will be like the man, who in passion and love sold all he had to make this pearl his? He was not satisfied to just visit and look at the pearl, admiring it. He had to have it, and so desperate was he to own this treasure, that he got rid of anything else that was dear to him. He needed the pearl to be his; to hold it and be captivated by it's beauty.
I believe that God longs for us to know Him intimately. God was so desperate for a relationship with us, that He gave His own son to be a perfect sacrifice. Sometimes out of desperation, we take things,and sometimes we give. There is a desperation about a man who sells all he has so that he can have this pearl.
What if that was the cry of our hearts to God? " I must know you, God! I don't want to just know about you!" A desperation to not just admire the things of God from afar, but to be so deeply entwined with His heart. Let's fall so in love with Jesus that we will do anything for Him. Let's get so lost in His love that operating in anything else but His love, becomes foreign to us. Allow yourself to become obsessed with having Him, just like the buyer of the pearl, for God is our 'pearl of great price.'

Matthew 13:45-46

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