Continuing in Matthew 13, Jesus compares the kingdom of God to a treasure hidden in a field and a pearl of great value. In both cases the man sells out completely. He cashes out his savings, empties the bank account, the 401K, liquidates his stocks, his baseball card collection, sells the fishing boat on eBay and has a garage sale to scrape together the cash he needs for a single purchase.
How irrational can someone be? Every prudent financial planner would say the man should diversify, spread his money around, don't put all his eggs in one basket.
But those people have never seen THIS pearl. They do not know the value of THIS field. To this man they are worth everything. He doesn't think about what he will miss or future security. He has found what he has sought after his whole life. Somehow he knows the value of the treasure in the field or the pearl will be enough to sustain him.
This is another radical call of Christ. Abandon conventional wisdom and what is prudent. Sell out for His kingdom. Far greater than a field or a pearl Jesus promises us that if we seek His kingdom all the stuff we valued and depended upon before, would be provided, daily.
We lay down our life and pick-up a cross. We follow Him. We seek the welfare of others. We give rather than receive. We lead by serving. The economy of this kingdom operates on far different principles than the kingdoms of this world. I want to live in this kingdom, how about you?
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