Patrick Love – The Vision

A vision is this way.

The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. – Matthew 13:44  ESV

When it is working right, my mind cannot let go of it. I keep coming back to it because it is so good.

It is in my offering of myself to God that I will see miracles start to happen in my life. I am reminded of this through the miracle of the five loaves and two fish. What the child offered was nothing compared to the need, but Jesus did a miracle from these offerings simply because they were offered. I have also been noting that I am thinking that there are others whom God has called. In my prayer time, I am avoiding myself. Maybe it is time I pray about me and start offering myself – pray that God would revive me, pray that I commit myself to God and participate actively in the expansion of His kingdom.

If a parable is meant to be simple and plain and intended to be understood, then it would seem that each parable generally reveals one primary principle. I am not too sure that they are to be dissected for hidden meanings.  In this case, the hidden treasure is the kingdom of heaven. Is that not what happened to the twelve disciples? Were they not overjoyed when they encountered Jesus and did they not leave everything to follow Him and pursue the kingdom of God?

One thing is for certain – there was a selling of all they had/owned to secure the one thing that mattered to them. The choice was decisive. My vision, in following Jesus, needs to be the same.