I thought about the merchant who found the pearl. He was doing his job—pearl trading. His passion and business involved looking for the ‘best pearl’. Yet this one was something extra special—it was worth selling all he had to obtain it. The pearl awakened in him a passion that regular pearls did not.
Some people have identified their ‘pearls’—their passion! Perhaps it is teaching or singing, maybe it’s creating or inventing—but each of these people not only recognize their gifts, but they have acknowledged they are passionate about doing what they are called to do, with their talents. They know what it is that brings them satisfaction and they are willing to put all their energy and even money into that dream.
Some people have identified their ‘pearls’—their passion! Perhaps it is teaching or singing, maybe it’s creating or inventing—but each of these people not only recognize their gifts, but they have acknowledged they are passionate about doing what they are called to do, with their talents. They know what it is that brings them satisfaction and they are willing to put all their energy and even money into that dream.
Others of us struggle with exactly where our passion lies. For my bird friends from this summer—passion is a freshly filled bird feeder that they line up to have a chance at. Perhaps we haven’t identified our Pearl because we haven’t found it...Be assured that God has given each of us a Pearl of Great Price—and the gifts and we need to accomplish our passion.
Passion can be family or work, it can be being a mom or painting houses. For some it is starting a ministry or going to a far-off place for a mission. There is no end to the possibilities.
I leave you with a question--What is your Pearl of Great Price?
Check back next week for the next parable in the series.
