WG-40

Jesus said to his disciples: "The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it." (Matthew 13:44-46)

Can heaven be bought?  Matthew seems to suggest so.  Buy the field with the treasure.  Buy the pearl of great price.  Then our search for heaven is over.  It is found; we can buy our way in.   Many of us wish it was so.  It’s all about money, a theme so relevant today.  

Do we need a big bank account to enter the kingdom?  No.  Our entry is only contingent on one thing and at no financial cost.  If we live the way Jesus lived and if we think the way Jesus thought, we will have found the key without having to dig in fields or search for pearls.  

The key is within us we use to open our hearts where the kingdom already resides.  We simply need to turn the key resting in our locks.  Unfortunately, many of us don’t turn that key.  It’s an unused, rusted key in a rust-bound lock.  Time for a little WG-40 we call the Word of God not requiring 40 days and nights for loosening our hardness. 

Deacon David Pierce