THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE

Psalms 27:4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.

“I may be the king of a vast empire. I may own great treasures. My strength is so that all my enemies fear me. My place on earth is secure and comfortable. Yet, all these are as nothing to me; all these are as “husks” (Luke 15:16) to me.

Any day, Lord, any day I will give up the things that I treasure, the things that make me feel secure and comfortable if they meant to be away from Your presence and out of Your will. Above the wealth and riches that the world has to offer, I choose you. Above the comfort and securities of the flesh I choose you.

And I thank You that I do not have to go to Jerusalem, to Mt Gerizim (John 4:21), nor even to Rome; that I do not have to go anywhere to dwell in Your house and behold Your face. I thank you that you have set the foundations of your house in my heart; that the earnest of your beauty, you have imbedded within the confines of my spirit. Any time, any time I want, I can enter in your presence: I can see the Shekina glory, and behold your magnificence. And that Lord is worth more than all the gold and silver of the world. It is the pearl of great price.

Matthew 13:44-46 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. (45) Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: (46) Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.