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We read about the parable of a hidden treasure and a pearl of great value. Where the people sold everything they had to buy the treasure. In my study on these parables, I read two different interpretations that I found interesting.
The most common interpretation discussed is that these parables do not mean that we can buy our way into heaven. It is that the treasure is the Kingdom of Heaven and the value is so great that it is worth more than any earthly thing. Everything else that we could have fades in comparison to that treasure and we should be willing to give up everything for the Kingdom of Heaven.
The second interpretation was that we are the treasure. Jesus sees us and our value and He gave up everything He had to save us and purchase us with His blood. He gave up everything even to the point of His own life because he found us valuable and worthy.
Both are very thought-provoking! To think of ourselves as a treasure worth Jesus giving His life for. It causes me to pause and be so thankful that He sees us as valuable enough to be willing to give up everything he had so that He could have a relationship with us. I know I rarely see myself as that valuable, but He does! Then when we flip it and look at it from the other perspective we can ask- are we willing to do the same for Him? He rarely asks anyone to give up their actual physical life for Him, but are we willing to give and commit everything we are and have to Him?
Do you need to stop and let yourself really consider how valuable you are to Jesus? How much he loves you and treasures you? Have you really accepted the fact that He gave everything He had so that you could be in a relationship with Him? Then take a moment and think about how precious and great the gift of the Kingdom of Heaven is for us. Are you making it a priority? Are you willing to give of your time and energy to participate in the Kingdom, or is it just a surface-level commitment? Is He truly your treasure, or is he pocket change that you only use when you need it?

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