One of my children discovered a little piece of treasure. Studying very late one night he was overwhelmed by hunger and went and got himself a hamburger. He was just about to bin the wrapper when something about a competition caught his eye. He peeled off a sticker an discovered treasure. An ordinary wrapper is suddenly worth $200. An ordinary card with numbers on it is suddenly worth $2 million in a lotto draw.
An ordinary little paddock is suddenly of priceless worth because of the treasure an unsuspecting sharefarmer stumbles across when the plough strikes an unfamiliar object. An unnoticed pearl among many others becomes the pearl of great price because of the discerning eye of a shrewd merchant. In the twin stories of the hidden treasure and the priceless pearl we are shown how a person will risk everything to get hold of something they know to be of inestimable value. Jesus is our priceless treasure, our pearl of great price.
What are we willing to risk or sacrifice to have him as the treasure of our life?
