The Pearl

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, 46 who when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it."  Matthew 13:45-46   NKJV

This parable shows us the deepness of Jesus' love for each one of us. In ancient times, merchants would go out to find great pearls and when they did, they would have to surrender these to the owner of the property and then try to barter for them. Occasionally, they would be so passionate about a particular pearl, that they would not disclose it but would try to buy the property. If they were successful, the pearl would obviously belong to them. Some of the pearls that were found were immaculate and were instantly recognisable as precious in the right market. Therefore, it wouldn't be unusual for a merchant to sell all he had in order to gain ownership of this wonderful jewel.

Consider this if you would; Jesus acted in the same manner for each one of us. He didn't have to but, love for each one of us, caused Him to give up all He had to buy us, in other words, to redeem us from our sin. To Jesus, we are priceless and precious and He couldn't bear to see us suffer the price of our sin. Therefore, He gave up everything and chose us - His pearls.

 Pearls are made by marine oysters and freshwater mussels as a natural defence against an irritant such as a parasite entering their shell or damage to their fragile body.

The oyster or mussel slowly secretes layers of aragonite and conchiolin, materials that also make up its shell. This creates a material called nacre, also known as mother-of-pearl, which encases the irritant and protects the mollusc from it.
When pearls are cultured commercially an irritant is manually inserted into a mollusc to promote the production of mother-of-pearl.
Nacre can form naturally around almost any irritant that gets inside the shell, creating some very unique and precious pearls.
Other bivalve molluscs and gastropods can produce pearls, but these aren't made of nacre.    Copyright The Natural History Museum

This is interesting. An irritant can attack an oyster that would destroy it. Therefore, pearls are made to encase the irritant from such attack. Just think for a moment, The Holy Spirit protects us from attack or irritant. Rather like the pearl which protects the oyster, so the Holy Spirit protects us. He places His love all the way around us, encasing us with His power. It's also interesting to note that the irritant that the pearl encases, turns into a precious jewel, and so do we.

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