Scripture

“The kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man hidden in a field. In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field.”

Observation

Jesus tells more parables about the kingdom.

The kingdom of Heaven is like a man who finds treasure in a field. He sells everything he has in order to buy that field. Again, the kingdom is like a merchant who comes across a pearl of great value. He sells everything to buy the pearl.

The Kingdom of Heaven is like a fishing net that catches fish of all kinds. A sorting takes place, like the judgement that will happen at the day of judgement.

Jesus travels to Nazareth where the people reject Him because they saw Him grow up as a normal person. Consequently, Jesus could only do a few miracles there.

Application

God’s Kingdom is more valuable than anything else in this life. Like a man who finds treasure or a merchant finding a pearl, the kingdom has to be our number one priority.

For many Christians, their belief is just a part of life. But when you really understand how great God’s love for you is, then you realise that serving the Lord has to be everything.

This is not about going into ministry. Every Christian is called to serve God full-time, just not necessarily in preaching ministry.

Jesus is telling us here that everything – money, career, family, where we live, possessions – all of this is at God’s disposal because the kingdom of heaven is worth more than all of it.

Walking in friendship with God is the most precious thing any of us will ever have.

Prayer

Father, thank you for the kingdom of God. Please help me to always put you first in every part of my life. Amen.