Consider the Pearl

Most people know that a pearl is formed from a grain of sand that gets inside of an oyster shell and occasionally other mollusks like clams and mussels. What actually happens is the oyster is irritated by the grain of sand. It can’t remove it so it secretes a substance that coats the grain of sand to make it smooth and less irritable. The longer the sand is in the oyster, the bigger and better the pearl. Sometimes someone is fortunate enough, that while eating oysters, they find a pearl inside. We are God’s pearls. Actually, we are probably closer to being the grain of sand. God allows us to go through many trials and tribulations, floods and droughts, in order to smooth us out and make us more presentable for His kingdom. Maybe the following verses are not the best analogy because I surely don’t consider myself a pearl yet, but God sure is smoothing out the rough edges. Now, if only I can get him to work on the real wrinkles. Haha!

John 16:33 says, “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me you might have peace. In the world you will have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”

1 Corinthians 10:13 tells us, “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way for you to escape, that you may be able to bear it.”

Psalms 34:17 says, “The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.”

There are many verses that speak to God’s molding and bending us into the best that we can be. When you feel as if everything is going wrong, or the rollercoaster we call life, is out of control, remember the grain of sand that is being turned into a pearl. You are God’s pearl if you will allow him to mold you and prepare you for his kingdom

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