Di Hidden Treasure and Di Pearl

One digger hit something wey hard. No be stone. Something wey dey sound. One man kneel down for di sand, brush di soil comot, and open di cover of one old clay pot. And im breath stop.

Jesus don spend di whole day dey teach di crowds near di Sea of Galilee. Now e don enter one house, and im disciples gather round am. E don tell dem stories about seed and soil, about wheat and bad grass, about yeast inside bowl of flour. Now e tell dem two more. Very short. Just one or two sentences each. But dem fit be di stories wey sweet pass for di whole day, because dem talk about how person find something wey worth pass everything wey e get.

Di kingdom of heaven be like treasure wey hide for one farm. Picture one man wey dey work for farm wey no be im own. Im digger hit something. E dig small deeper. And e dey there. Coins, silver, maybe jewellery, wey somebody hide long time ago and never come back for am. Money pass wetin e fit work get for im whole life. And wetin e do? E cover am back. E press di ground flat. E look round. And e waka go with im heart dey beat fast.

Jesus talk say e go with joy full im heart. E go house and begin sell. Im tools. Im furniture. Im animals. Everything wey e get. Di neighbours go think say im head don scatter. But e no dey sad. E dey smile. Because e know wetin dey inside dat farm. E take di money, buy di farm, and di treasure become im own. Some people wey read am don ask whether e fair say e no tell di owner. Jesus no stop to discuss dat one. Im story point to one thing: di joy of dat man, and how e take gladly give up everything for something wey better pass.

Then di second story. Di kingdom of heaven be like one trader wey dey find fine pearls. Dis man no just find anything by chance. E be expert. E don spend years dey travel, dey search di markets, dey weigh pearls for im palm and dey hold dem up to di light. E know good one when e see am. And one day, e see am. One pearl wey get big value. No fault. E dey shine. E no be like anything wey e don ever hold.

And e do exactly wetin di man for di farm do. E go sell everything wey e get, and e buy dat pearl. Two men wey different well well. One just dey do im work and find treasure by surprise. Di other one search for years. But di two of dem, when dem find am, dem know sharp sharp say e worth pass everything else wey dem get. And none of dem look back.

Why anybody go bury treasure for farm? For land wey enemies don enter and fight for again and again, di ground na one of di safest places to keep your valuable things. For another parable of Jesus, one servant do exactly dat with im master money. Sometimes di owner die or run comot, and di treasure remain hidden for many generations. And pearls? Di Roman writer Pliny di Elder talk say pearls get di highest rank among all di things wey get value. One big pearl fit worth plenty plenty money.

Di Hidden Treasure and Di Pearl. You go find dem for Matthew chapter thirteen, verse forty-four to forty-six. Some people dey find di kingdom of God when dem no expect am at all. Others dey search for years. Either way, di people wey find am discover say e worth pass anything wey dem fit ever give up. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. Wetin you value pass everything, and wetin e go mean to value di kingdom of God pass am?